Elena’s POV

The sunlight spills softly across the polished surface of my desk as I arrive in the office, the city still stirring outside with the quiet noises of traffic and distant voices. The elevator doors slide open, and I step into the familiar lobby, my heels clicking against the marble floor in a rhythm that matches the rapid beating of my own heart, the mixture of anticipation and responsibility twisting inside me like a small, insistent storm. Today is the day Cole Harrington and I ...