Chapter 35 : Contingency Plan

*Rowan*

As I left Genevieve in the nook, my mind was racing. I tried to play it cool around her. She had enough to worry about already. I couldn't stop thinking about that first line in her note.

'Aurora is suspicious.'

Over and over and over again. It played like a warning message. I couldn't shake the thought free. If Aurora was suspicious of Genevieve, then we were living on borrowed time. I had to get Genevieve out of danger.

I could send her away. I could have her removed from her post and sent home. I could send her on a mission. It might be a diplomatic nightmare, but I could find a way to send Genevieve out of harm's way. I wanted to come up with any excuse to get her as far away from here as possible, but I knew Genevieve.

Wherever there was a fight, she was running headlong into it. The woman took a bullet for me, of course, she would want to stay and be a part of whatever happened next. I would never be able to stop her.

That was something I loved about her. She