The True Anchor

ROWAN’S POV

The room goes quiet. Everyone is looking at me.

“Mateo is only one part of it,” I say slowly. “If we go by everything Malachi just told us, the real danger was never Mateo. It’s the gene itself. Having Vance susceptible to it means he’s one bad day away from another episode. One drugging.” I look at Malachi, and the word lands exactly where I aim it. “One person cruel enough to weaponi