Tessa/jessica pov.
When I stepped back into the dungeon, I could feel my heartbeat in my ears. Zane had already left me at the door, though I knew he and his guards were right outside. It didn’t help much. Not when I was standing in front of Adrian again.
He was still inside his cage, hands wrapped around the iron bars like they were nothing. The moment he saw me walk in, he flashed a smile. That same unsettling smile he always gave. The one that made me want to take a step back.
“I’m here,” I said, keeping my voice steady even though my palms were sweating. “So tell me.”
I stayed a good distance from the bars. I wasn’t stupid. He might be locked up, but he wasn’t powerless. The way he had managed to stay ahead of us, how he knew we were investigating him even before we approached him,
