Draven’s POV After sitting with Elena for a while in the empty club, neither of us said much else. She’d cried, laughed for a few seconds because of my ruined shirt, then cried some more. It wasn’t enough to erase the hurt Bernard had caused, but at least she wasn’t carrying it alone anymore. Eventually, I knew we couldn’t hide in the VIP section forever. We still had Lyra to find. I slowly stood, keeping one arm around Elena until she found her footing. She wiped beneath her eyes one last time before taking a steadying breath. Her makeup was still a mess, and there wasn’t anything either of us could do about that at the moment. “You ready?” I asked quietly. She gave me a reluctant nod. “As ready as I’m going to be.” Together, we walked back through the club and down the hallway leading toward my office. The closer we got, the more I could feel Ash watching every movement around us. “Keep her close,” he thought he had to tell me that. I wasn’t planning on doing anything else bu
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