Chapter 234

• The room was thick with tension, the kind that made every breath feel like an effort.
• Jace stood in the doorway, his broad frame blocking out the dim light from the hallway. The anger that had been simmering inside him now blazed into an inferno, his eyes locked onto Stephanie’s, which were wide with fear and guilt.
• Stephanie was frozen in place, her face ashen, the color draining as the reality of the situation sank in.