DAMIAN'S POV

I needed that file.

Leo's words had followed me out of the hospital, and they hadn't left. ‘Sentinel launches tomorrow.’ The specifications were in Maya's office, and it was already getting late.

I knocked once.

No answer.

I knocked again. Nothing. She had probably put her headphones on to ignore the world. I pushed the door open.

Maya stood beside her desk, a small gift box open in front of her. Something black and lace dangled from her fingers, and she was frowning at it like it had personally offended her.

She looked up. Her eyes widened.

The lace slipped from her hand and landed at my feet....