Chapter : The Man Who Wasn’t Supposed to Exist

I knew it was him the moment our eyes met.

Even from across the cathedral, his stare pierced through the floodlights and camera flashes. I couldn't explain how I recognized him. There were no pictures of Varian. No records. No trail.

But I knew.

It was the way the room seemed to shrink around him. The hush that fell like a veil over the space between us. A predator doesn’t need an introduction. You just know.

The silence was so thick I almost didn’t hear my own name being announced.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the keynote speaker… Miss Adeline Moreau.”...