I sat in the Vesper common room with the fire burning low and reviewed what I knew.

Which was more than I had shown anyone. And less than I needed.

I knew something was happening between Cassian Virex and his new roommate. I knew it from the way he'd stopped performing indifference at breakfast. I knew it from the way his eyes tracked Val Rhen across every room they shared.

I'd seen the way he looked at Val. I'd seen the way he looked at me. The difference was impossible to miss.

Cassian ...