Aiden’s POV

When the clock struck 12:30 a.m, a soft knock came at my office door. I straightened in my chair, heart hammering once before I forced my face into cold indifference. Finally, She had come.

Rue always yielded when the silence grew unbearable, and it was high time she came. She must have been lingering in the hallway, too ashamed, too timid to face me after everything she had done.

“Come in,” I called, my tone deliberately bored.

The door creaked open, and only Vance entered. ...