Stripped Defenses

"No need," Elara said with effortless calm, her eyes lowered. She stopped Jasper just as he was about to make a call. Phone still pressed to his ear, Jasper raised an eyebrow at her words.

Elara released her hold on Julian and moved toward Livia.

Livia, still trembling from her brush with death, looked terrified as she scrambled backward until her back pressed against the wall. "I didn't see anyth