Chapter Fourteen— New allies Elena couldn't think. Two days had passed since the downtown explosion, and the weight of it still pressed on her chest like a boulder she couldn't move.She was innocent.She’d never hurt anyone—but the police didn’t know that, neither did the civilians waiting on her arrest. She thought about her father. Had he also watched the news? Would he believe her? The afternoon heat pressed down on her like a punishment. She sat on a fallen slab of concrete, watching the others spar—herself, distant and detached.A few feet away, Viktor observed her in silence. For the first time, she was broken—and this time, Matteo was to thank. That should have pleased Viktor.And yet watching her like this—vacant, unraveling—made something in him uneasy.“Elena, you're up next,” he called out.She blinked, slow and hollow, the fire in her eyes extinguished. Still, she stood and moved to the center of the room like a puppet on strings.“Rosa, you're with Elena.”Rosa stepped
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