Chapter 57 Change in the Air

***Hazel***

Gideon steps back, giving me space instead of closing it.

“You didn’t cause this,” he continues. “And you didn’t give him anything he wanted. That’s why he tried to break you.”

I laugh weakly. “He really thinks you’re some kind of criminal mastermind.”

Gideon’s mouth twitches humorlessly. “I don’t care what he thinks.”

Then, quieter: “I care what he did.”

Max folds his arms. “Sec