His beautiful liability
Karl's hand found my wrist, steadying, grounding, but I could feel the tension radiating off him now, sharp and electric.
"Enough," Karl said. "Whoever you think is pulling strings, you're going to give me a name right now, or I promise you the next four minutes of your life are going to be significantly worse than the last three years you spent lying to my face."
Dorian's hand finished its slow journey into his jacket, and for one horrifying second I thought he was reaching for a weapon. Instead he withdrew a folded photograph, worn soft at the edges from handling, and held it out toward us with steady, almost reverent fingers.