Christian's POV

　　The notification blinked on my screen like a slap to the face.

　　"Effective immediately, Christian Kennedy is no longer assigned to the Ezra case. Ezra's case has been reassigned."

　　What? I stared at the message, rereading it twice just to make sure I hadn't misunderstood. But no, it was clear. Ezra, my client, the one I'd been handling for weeks, was no longer mine.

　　A strange stillness settled over me. My fingers tightened ...