The Imposter

(Neva’s POV)

Jaxon had just said he didn’t pick up Vespa and Orion.

I stood frozen, heart hammering so loudly I could barely hear anything else. Slowly, I stepped out of the room where Mrs. Clara and the technician remained, my knees trembling beneath me.

“But Jaxon…” I whispered into the phone, barely holding on. “I told you to pick them. We talked. I called… you said you would.”

His voice was la