Lina's POV
I frowned, studying the man across from Mandy. "And you are?"
Mandy practically lunged across the table to clamp her hand over the doctor's mouth, her face flushing with embarrassment. "This is my brother, Dr. Elijah Cross! He's heard about you and 'Majesty,' but he's talking nonsense!"
Dr. Cross slowly peeled Mandy's hand away from his face, a knowing smile playing on his lips. "Step-brother, actually. Different fathers, different mothers."
Behind those wire-rimmed glasses, his dark eyes gleamed with an intelligence that made me instantly wary. There was something calculating in the way he looked at Mandy — something that definitely wasn't brotherly affection.
My instincts screamed that this Dr. Cross had less than pure intentions toward Mandy. But it wasn't my
