(Aurora's POV)
A short pause. "Come to the estate for dinner. I'll be there in an hour."
I considered arguing. Then I thought about Eleanor's cooking and decided it wasn't worth the fight. "Fine."
Eleanor met me at the door with a warm smile and an immediate scan of the space behind me.
"Where's Phineas?"
"He's coming. He had to deal with something." I followed her inside, already feeling the awkwardness of arriving without him. "We didn't argue, if that's what you're wondering."
She looked relieved but still curious. "You came separately?"
"Team-building ended and I just - left first. It's nothing."
William looked up from his armchair across the room. He didn't say anything. He just looked at me, then at the empty doorway, and made a sound that communicated a complete opinion with
