The Man Who Married My Name
He wore a triumphant, self-satisfied grin, his eyes gleaming with the predatory greed of a king claiming his throne.
"Put the gun down, Evelyn," Silas mocked, clapping his hands slowly. "You're pointing a weapon at the man who holds the second half of the sequence. Without Viktor, you'll never lock down the catalyst. And without you, Viktor can't synthesize the final weapon. It's a wonderful little family reunion, isn't it?"
Lucien stepped sideways, sliding his body seamlessly in front of mine, shielding me from Silas’s line of fire while keeping his weapon trained on Viktor.