CHAPTER 0240

GIDEON'S POV

I let out a small, disappointing sigh, the kind that carried the weight of irritation I’d rather not show but couldn’t quite hide. I didn’t even need to turn to see who it was. That smug voice, that deliberate way of making his presence known, it was unmistakable.

Still, I pivoted slowly, as though giving him the courtesy of my attention. And there he was—Cyrus—walking toward me like