Gale is already seated at the respondent's table, and when he sees me, his expression is pure smug satisfaction.
The look of a man who knows he's already won. Who's just waiting for the formalities to confirm what he considers inevitable.
Logan Reeves stands beside him, impeccable in his expensive suit, and when he catches my eye, his lips form words without sound.
‘I gave you your chance.’
The memory of his threat in the lady’s room crashes back. His resources. His connections. His promise to destroy me if I didn't accept his offer.
Did he do this?
The questions spiral, but there are no answers. Only the sickening certainty that I'm walking into an ambush and I don't know where all the traps are hidden.
Rafael is in the gallery too, his dark eyes tracking my every movement. His exp
