JAKE’s POV

I straighten my tie for the third time in under a minute, even though it already sits perfectly against my collar. I was already tired to the adjournment of the court case.

It’s been Two long weeks.

Two weeks of walking into cold courtrooms, of watching Adrian smirk like this was all a game he still believed he could win. Two weeks of reliving deaths, betrayals, blood-soaked nights, and truths that should never have been buried in the first place.

Two weeks of ...