~Aria's POV~
I stayed close.
Not in the room, that was Lucien's to handle and I had enough sense to know it. But I stayed in the kitchen just down the hall, close enough that if anything went sideways I was there.
Chen sat with me. He didn't say much, just made himself a coffee and leaned against the counter the way he did when he was keeping watch without making it obvious. I appreciated that about Chen. He never made a performance out of anything.
The conversation in the study lasted twenty three minutes. I knew because I was watching the clock on the microwave without meaning to.
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