Nathans POV

My body remained still, breath shallow, limbs slack. I felt the damp stone beneath me, the suffocating weight of the room pressing in, but I didnt move.

Lucas thought I was goneunaware, helpless.

That was exactly what I wanted.

The small device embedded beneath my skin pulsed lightly against my ribs, picking up every word spoken. Proof. Evidence of his twisted plan, a record of his deception.

Footsteps ...