Lola's PovThe next morning he was already at the table when I came out of the bedroom. His coffee made and his documents laid out. His face completely composed as if the previous night had been a meeting he had filed under miscellaneous and moved on from.I sat down across from him and pulled a document toward me.We worked in silence for eleven minutes."We're really good at ignoring things, aren't we," I said without looking up.He didn't answer immediately. Then, "Extremely.""Just checking." I said.I kept reading. He kept typing. My wolf was doing something warm and unhelpful in the back of my chest that I chose not to examine.His phone rang.He picked it up, listened for thirty seconds, and set it back down.He looked at me across the table."The Council just moved the first hearing forward," he said. "It's in three days. And they want you there in person."I set my pen down and looked at the wall for a moment."The Seal presentation," I said. "They're going to want it again."
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