Chapter 116

• I was never supposed to lose control of the room. But here I was flanked by the very people who had once sworn loyalty to me every single one of them looking at me like I was poison.
• Zeke’s voice cut through the silence like a whip. “You used John as a shield, Vivian. He wasn’t some enemy. He was one of us.”
• I tightened my jaw, fighting the urge to flinch. “I thought ” My voice cracked, the lie already tasting bitter on my tongue. “I thought the man beside me was a Westhaven operative. In the chaos, I couldn’t tell ”