Verity's pov

My throat bobbed as I swallowed the lump that has grown in it.

I wanted to find a way to stop everything before it escalated but I asked frozen in my seat and didn't know what to say— or do rather.

Cassian’s deadly calm words still hung in the silence.

I hoped— no prayed— that Caleb would offer a simple apology and let the sleeping dog lie. I shut my eyes hoping for a way to telepathically tell him to drop it. I squeezed his hand tighter but that man didn't care, ...