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Chapter 22

Author: sylvette
last update publish date: 2026-08-05 23:55:09

Chapter 22

Minerva

She cut herself off and looked away. Her hands were flat on the counter and I could see the way her fingers pressed down hard enough to turn the knuckles white.

“Like someone who cares,” I finished for her. “Yeah. I know. I was there.”

“That is exactly the problem,” she said. She turned back and the fury was fully back in place. “You know and I know and if even one person upstairs starts putting the pieces together then everything I have built here is gone. So stop looking
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