CHAPTER 81 AMAYA

“You’re not going out there.”

Javier’s voice cut through the room before I had even fully stepped inside, sharp and immediate, like the decision had already been made without me.

I stopped.

Slowly.

“Excuse me?”

“You heard me,” he said, already pacing, tension riding every movement. “After what just happened, after that attack, you think we’re just going to let you walk into whatever comes next like it’s nothing?”

“It’s not nothing,” I replied, my voice steady, controlled, even as the heat of the moment pressed in. “That’s exactly why I need to be involved.”

“No,” he snapped, turning toward me fully now. “That’s exactly why you...