C145 Smoke And Mirrors

(Aidan’s POV)

I paced the length of my office, feeling like the walls were closing in around me. The tension in my chest was suffocating, my fists clenching and unclenching at my sides. The headlines had exploded like wildfire, the whispers in the house growing louder. The picture had done exactly what it was meant to do—plant a seed of doubt in Artemis' mind. And now