POV: Ronan Montague

Nurse Quickly's office smelled like antiseptic and chamomile tea. She looked up from her paperwork when we knocked, eyebrows rising at seeing a Montague and Capulet together after hours.

"This should be interesting," she said dryly. "Come in before someone sees you lurking in my doorway like star-crossed teenagers."

We sat in the chairs across from her desk, and I let Juliana explain. She was better with words, better at making impossible things sound ...