TRISTAN

I shouldn’t have listened to Yelena.

Stay close to Livia, she said. Watch her, keep her where you can see her.

It made sense. It did.

If Livia were always around me, she wouldn’t have space to plan anything stupid. There would be no secret meetings, no hidden moves, no surprises.

But Yelena didn’t say anything about how annoying it would be or how hard it would be to stay calm.

My grip tightened on the steering wheel as Livia’s hand slid over my thigh again, slowly, like ...