OPAL

Bruce wants to see me?

I stare at the maid's face for a few beats, unsure of what to say to her words, and then I remember that she's still standing by the door and waiting for her dismissal, so I tell her she may go.

Why the hell would he want to see me?

What a bloody coward he is. Sending the maid so I won't be able to turn the request down? Now that's a low I've never heard of before. He knows I don't want to talk to him or see him—things between us were complicated enough without ...