KNOX’S POV

“I have served you for years.” Each word is measured, weighted. “I have given half my life to protecting you. I have sacrificed my time, my blood, my skin — every single time because I have an unbreaking devotion to you. I would rather stake myself through the heart and rip out my own organs than betray you, Knox. That is not who I am. That is not what I do.”

“That doesn’t answer the question.” I don’t blink. “Did you give those recordings to Logan?”

His gaze holds mine, unwavering.

“No.”

The word hangs between us. I search his face for any sign of deception, any flicker...