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CHAPTER 83

Author: Evey
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-01 19:32:41

The night’s storm hadn’t fully settled in me.

Even after Damon’s arms held me together in that car, even after his voice steadied the quake inside me, I couldn’t shake the shadow of that phone call.

Back at headquarters, I told myself to let it go. Damon was always himself. He was protective, intense, always carrying more than he admitted. But when he answered the phone earlier, his reaction had been different. He seemed guarded. Almost… nervous.

It wasn’t like him.

I turned the thought over in my mind as we stepped into Halstrom’s office the next morning. The air was taut as usual, thick with authority and expectation. Agents filed out one by one, leaving just Damon and me waiting in the corner while Halstrom rifled through his notes.

Then Halstrom looked up. His eyes narrowed briefly at Damon before his lips quirked into the faintest smirk.

“I trust your call last night with Selena Veyra was productive?”

The name hit me like ice water.

Selena. I didn’t know who she was, but I hated
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