Page 393 of Black Reign

“Sabine, don't let him poison you against us.”

“I've known him longer.”

“Emotionally, yes. Socially, he's defective.”

“Travers.”

“What?”

Sabine leans closer to the phone.

“I have a question.”

Everyone goes silent.

Drew's eyes light up.

“Yes.”

“Did he really sit at the wedding smelling his jacket after I wore it?”

I close my eyes.

The Miami kitchen detonates.

Kane bends over laughing.

Vale nearly spits wine.

Jalen pounds the counter.

Hannah shrieks.

Even Leo loses whatever restraint he possesses.

Drew is crying.

Actual tears.

“He buried his face in it.”

“I was identifying fragrance.”

Sabine looks at me.

“Orange blossom.”

“I identified it.”

She smiles.

Drew screams, “HE WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU.”

Silence.

Not complete.

But enough.