C25 Chapter Twenty-Five: A crack in her armour

POV: Lucas

Cily James was keeping a secret, and it was driving me crazy.

I watched her leave my office, her usual poise fractured by whatever gnawed at her. She thought she could mask it with that overly bright smile and clipped tone, but I wasn't so easily fooled.

There was something, a crack in her armor, and I was determined to find it.

As the door clicked shut behind her