under his control
The timestamp was from early that morning.
My hands began to shake. Don’t let her find out.
Find out what?
My heart thundered. I went through the message thread, scrolling up and there it was. Conversations between Liam and Harper. Mentions of my blood. Of a “procedure.” Of something called Project Reclamation.
I couldn’t breathe. I read the words again and again, hoping they’d rearrange into something else. But they didn’t.
He’d taken my blood. He’d lied.
I stumbled back from the desk, pressing a hand to my chest. For a moment, the room spun. The betrayal wasn’t loud, it was quiet, like a knife sliding through silk.