Silent Judgment

"Silence."

Boris's voice was not raised—but it carried a pressure that made the air inside the warehouse feel heavier.

Sloane went immediately quiet. Her body stiffened, the hope that had been in her eyes shifting into something deeper—fear of the scar-faced man standing in the corner of the room with a gaze that concealed absolutely nothing of what he wanted to do.

Declan did not move from where