Straight to the security office.
The guard looks up as I step inside—then immediately sits straighter.Everyone does.No one wants the captain staring at them the way I’m staring now.
“I need access to this morning’s locker hallway footage,” I say, voice low.
He blinks.“Uh—Captain, everything okay?”
“No.”
That’s all I give him.
That’s all he needs.
He pulls the footage.
I stand behind him, arms crossed, jaw locked, eyes scanning every shadow, every figure walking too close to the staff lockers.
And I’m not leaving until I find the person who thought they could threaten Wren Harper.
Because someone made a mistake.
Someone touched something that’s becoming mine.
And they have no idea what’s coming.
Chapter 12: Finn
Kael is acting strange.
And that’s saying something, because Kael is always strange.
Quiet.
Controlled.
Ice-cold until he snaps into violence on the ice.
