DANGEROUS LOVE
he said, "I also just came to know."
Elison's fingers drummed once against the arm of his chair, sharp and controlled, the only outward sign of how tightly wound he actually was. Four days. Four days buried under meetings he couldn't walk away from, threats he couldn't discuss over an open line, a situation unraveling faster than anyone had accounted for — and the entire time, somewhere back home, Lance had been calling. Waiting. Wondering, probably, why the man who'd promised to keep him safe couldn't even manage a returned phone call.