Chapter 253: Safety in Numbers

Tessa

The office felt too quiet after Roderick left. He’d barely waited five minutes before heading back to his territory, determined to start investigating immediately. I couldn’t blame him—if I’d just discovered that my dead mate might have been tortured in an underground facility right under my nose, I’d be racing home too.

Gideon and I sat there for a long time, both of us staring at nothing.