"A word," Raven said. "Just you."

She said it to me. Her eyes didn't go to Val, didn't acknowledge the room or the argument she'd clearly just walked into the tail end of. Just looked at me with that composed, patient expression and waited.

I looked at Val.

She was standing by her desk, arms crossed, jaw still tight from everything that had just happened between us. When our eyes met she looked away first.

"Fine," I said.

I followed Raven out.

Val didn't say anything as I left. I felt her ...