Elena's POV
"A supply closet. That's all they got into."
Damian relayed the update the next morning with visible relief, though the tightness around his eyes suggested the night before had cost him more sleep than he wanted to admit. "Ruth overreacted. It happens more than I'd like with her, especially lately."
"That's good, though. Right? Nothing serious."
"Nothing serious," he agreed, though something in the way he said it made me wonder if he entirely believed his own reassurance. He shook it off before I could press further, reaching for his coffee with a deliberate change of subject. "I have somewhere I want to take you today. If you're free."
"I'm always free. You're my boss, remember."
"Not today." A faint smile crossed his face, easier than it had been in days. "Today you're
