MATEO "Where did you run off to?" Roseline asks, standing up when I open the door to Linda's office. "You look terrible," Linda says. "Who was that?" I close the door behind me and walk across the room. I sit on top of a table, facing Roseline and she gives me a lingering look. "Your tux...why is your shirt unbuttoned?" She asks. I look down at myself and pull a piece of tissue from Linda's tissue box, holding it against the small cut on my wrist. "May I talk to Roseline alone?" I ask, looking in Linda's direction. Linda leaves without saying a word and shuts the door, making the room appear dimmer than before. Roseline doesn't talk, she's staring at me as if waiting for me to say something so I do. "I was chasing an enemy." "Who's your enemy?" "I don't know yet, I couldn't catch

