Chapter 101 Lines Of Trust

• Lena's POV
• The suspense in the room seemed like smothering. While Mara's trembling breath echoed next to me, I stood across from Beckett, his smile disturbing. In person, he seemed colder, more deliberate, as though he enjoyed the anarchy all around him.
• "I've been waiting for this moment," Beckett murmured, his voice low but piercing enough to chill my spine. His eyes flicked between me and Mara, as though he were already engaged in some twisted game only he knew.