Chapter 184

Cyprian's POV

We said nothing, and just looked at her. And when she realized her words weren't getting through, she switched. One moment, her words had been sharp enough to cut through stone, and the next, she was smiling so gently.

“Look, boys,” she said, her voice carrying that familiar, practiced warmth. “I don't want you to misunderstand me. Everything I did, every decision I made, was for