The Price of Silence

GENEVIEVE'S POV

“You were threatened?” Cassian demanded impatiently. “What do you mean?”

There was a turmoil within me. This was a truth I never thought I'd say out loud, one I'd take to my grave. I almost wanted to back out, but… I would be a coward to do so.

“Genevieve?” Cassian called, “I'm going to need you to answer me.”

I turned back to him but avoided eye contact, my heart beating out of my