Sleep came in fragments. My brain refused to shut down completely, cycling through equations and diagrams and the face of a man I'd never meet. The father who'd turned me into a science experiment before I'd even taken my first breath.
Reyna slept like the dead beside me. Her body draped across mine with the boneless relaxation of someone who'd been thoroughly satisfied. Her crimson hair spread across the pillow like spilled wine.
The pendant pulsed against my chest. Steady now. Natalia had settled into something resembling acceptance, though I knew better than to trust that calm. Three hundred miles away, she was probably drafting detailed notes about exactly how she planned to punish me when I returned.
I loved her for it.
Maki's voice drifted through my consciousness. "Master is being watched."
My eyes snapped open.
"Where?"
"Building across the street. Third floor. Human male. Some kind of long-range observation equipment."
