Chapter 15 Unspoken Bonds

The warehouse had fallen into silence, save for the distant hum of the city beyond. The echoes of their fight still clung to the air, thick and electric, like a storm waiting to break. Emily felt it deep in her bones—the lingering tension between them, unspoken yet impossible to ignore. She stood a few feet from Ethan, watching as he secured the final piece of intel from the man they had interrogated. His grip on the paper was tight, his knuckles white, but Emily saw beyond the controlled exterior. She saw the weight he carried, the way his shoulders held years of restraint.