CHAPTER 88 AMAYA

“Don’t move too far from me.”

“I’m not planning to.”

“That’s not reassuring.”

Javier’s voice stayed low as he leaned slightly closer, his eyes scanning the room without ever settling in one place for too long, and I could feel the tension coiled in him now, tighter than before, sharper, like every instinct he had was already bracing for impact.

“They’re getting closer,” I murmured.

“I know,” he said. “I can feel the shift, even without… whatever it is you’re doing.”

“It’s not something I’m doing,” I replied quietly. “It’s something that’s happening.”

Luciano’s voice slipped in smoothly from my other side. “Then tell us what it’s...