(Noah)
Brianna arrived at the compound the next morning at just after ten.
Dante had called her earlier and asked her to come in without telling her why. She walked through the main door and stopped when she saw me. The last time we'd been in the same room together I'd told her that her mouth had given Vega a thread. Dante had stepped between us before it went further than it needed to go.
She held my gaze for a second.
"Is this about Reese again?" she asked.
"Sit down," Dante said.
She sat but she kept her eyes on me, reading the room the way she always did before she decided how to position herself in it.
"Am I in trouble?" she asked.
"No," I said. "Just listen."
She looked at Dante. He gave her a small nod. That was enough to settle her slightly, not completely, but enough that
