Chapter 62

Lucas’s POV

I sat in my office, watching the late afternoon sun cut through the blinds in sharp, golden lines.

Usually, this room was the only place I felt in control—surrounded by trophies, medals, scouting reports, sports memorabilia, and the quiet hum of the city twenty floors down. But today, the silence was too loud.

I took a swallow of the scotch in my glass, the burn in my throat a welcome