Chapter Nineteen: Answers Will Be Given Part Two
Phera POV:
The tension in the room was so thick you could cut it with a knife, a tangible weight hanging heavily in the air between us. Axel, Damon, and Zane sat across from me, all equally formidable in their posture yet visibly different in their expressions. Their faces were etched with a mix of anticipation and trepidation as if each was bracing for an impending storm. The walls of the office, usually an epitome of clinical professionalism, seemed to close in on us, drawing the focus to the emotional vortex at its center—me.
Damon was the first to break the silence. His jaw clenched as he took in a deep breath, and then he locked his gray eyes onto mine, as though trying to search for something only he knew.
"Phera, we've owed you an
