(Caius)
I watched her the whole time.
Not Brent. Not Dara. Isla.
I'd told her I would let her handle it and I'd meant it and I stood behind her and kept every instinct I had pointed at the wall and watched her do something I couldn't have done in her position. Not because I lacked the composure. Because I wouldn't have asked the questions she asked. I would have gone in with what I knew and delivered what needed delivering and left with the matter settled.
She went in with nothing decided and came out with more than she'd had before.
That was the difference between us and it wasn't a small one.
Dara had surprised me.
Not her willingness to face us. I'd half expected that from a former royal guard, the training held even after everything else had changed. What surprised me was how sh
