A Flawless Performance

ROWAN’S POV

Vance pivots, because Vance always pivots.

His voice is controlled but I can hear the edge underneath, the barely restrained fury at being cornered.

“The recording is from day one. It doesn’t reflect where we are now. Arrangements change. Feelings develop. What started as practical—”

“How convenient,” Elder Arthur cuts in, his voice dripping with contempt. “You claim genuine feelin