Chapter Eight
Nerves fluttered within Cissy as she faced the building in front of her. She wasn't sure whether that meant they'd get lucky and find Devina and Brendon inside waiting for them, or if this was yet another dead end. But when Hadrian's sleuthing had turned up a secret property owned by Devina, it had seemed like the first break in an otherwise hopeless case.
Darius reached out and captured her hand in his.
She turned to him and tried to smile reassuringly, but it didn't work.
"I know you're nervous, but you don't have to worry. The agents are going in first, they'll be able to catch anyone lurking to hurt us," Darius reassured her.
"I'm not nervous about that part." She knew how to defend herself. It had been one of the first things she'd made sure of after she'd been free
