Mira'S POV
Sebastian had crossed a line for me, but it took me a whole hour to pretend that nothing happened as I sat alone in the hotel suite. Outside somewhere, the city of Quebec vanished under layers of white snowfall. But then Inside, the silence pressed down on me until all I could hear were the drums of my own heartbeat. Tap. Tap. Tap. My fingers tapped against my thighs in a steady beat. I couldn't get out, yet the silence was strangling me.
I had tried counting prime numbers.
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13. Nothing.
“God…” I hissed under my breath. It always helped me. Always…
I set my phone down beside the empty cup on the coffee table before putting it off after seeing the fifth identical headline in a row. Stole. Each single word left my gut twisting into nausea and shame.
"Stole," I
