Day twenty. Adrian's arraignment.We're not required to attend. Patricia Chen makes that clear. "You've done enough. You don't owe him your presence."But Lucian needs to go. I feel it through the bond…the burning need to look Adrian in the eye and see him powerless. So we go.The courthouse is chaos. Media everywhere. Protesters on both sides…some supporting Adrian, claiming he's being framed, others demanding justice for Diana. Security escorts us through a side entrance.Inside, the courtroom is smaller than I expected. More intimate. There's no hiding here. No distance between us and the man who tried to destroy us.Adrian sits at the defense table in an orange jumpsuit. Prison has aged him. Gray at his temples. Lines around his mouth. But his eyes are the same. Cold. Calculating. Predatory.He sees us enter. His gaze locks on Lucian, then slides to me. He smiles.The bond recoils."Don't look at him," Lucian says quietly. "Don't give him anything."But I can't look away. This man
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