The Price of Loyalty

AUDREY'S POV

Nolan raised a brow. He picked up his phone and dropped it onto the nightstand. The dull thud echoed through the silent room like a gavel. He pushed himself up from the edge of the mattress. He crossed the bedroom carpet toward me. The space between us shrank. Each step he took carried an unspoken menace.

"And why would you come up with such a stupid idea?" he demanded.

His voice c