CHAPTER 122 — WHAT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO REMAINThe alarm did not sound again.That was what made it worse.Not the noise.The silence after it.Damien moved first, positioning himself between Sienna and the door. It was not dramatic. It was instinct.Sienna did not tell him to stop this time. She just watched him, like she was seeing him differently now.“They already know,” she said quietly.Damien did not look away from the door. “Maybe.”“That was not a maybe alarm,” she replied.A pause followed.Then he said, “You are right.”That honesty made her stomach tighten slightly.Sienna glanced at the folder again on the table, like it might change if she stared at it long enough.“It feels wrong,” she said.Damien finally looked at her. “What does?”“All of it,” she said. Her voice lowered. “But especially the part where I was classified.”Damien stayed quiet, letting her continue.Sienna stepped closer to the table again, but did not open the folder. She just hovered near it.“I keep
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