The damp concrete of the underground safehouse walls smelled like wet rust and old stone. I sat on the edge of the iron cot, turning the small piece of tarnished silver over and over in my palm. The room was pitch black except for a single low-hanging bulb swaying gently overhead, casting long, crooked shadows across the floor.Torin didn't sit down. He paced back and forth across the narrow cell, his heavy boots clicking against the hard ground with a steady, rhythmic beat. His shoulders were slouched, his tailored jacket was gone, and the dark circles under his eyes made him look ten years older than he actually was."I didn't think you'd actually come down here," Torin said, his voice rough and quiet, stripped of all the arrogant, snide attitude he used to throw around when we were still locked in our toxic past."I didn't come here to hold your hand, Torin," I said, my voice flat, cold, and entirely unbothered as I kept my eyes fixed on the metal token in m
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