Chapter92: Chapter 92

Chapter 92 CELESTE I woke the next morning to sunlight streaming through the curtains and the realization that Xenois's side of the bed was already empty. For a moment, panic fluttered in my chest—had yesterday been too much? Had he retreated back into work mode overnight? Then I heard voices from downstairs and the smell of coffee drifting up, and I relaxed. He was just up early, probably checking on Tommy or coordinating with Dmitri and Sloane. I was reaching for my phone to check the time when it started ringing. Alina's name flashed on the screen, and I answered immediately. "Morning, Alina. Everything okay?" "Mrs. Kingston, good morning," Alina's crisp, professional voice came through. She'd been my personal bodyguard and assistant for three years now, hired by Xenois to keep me safe though I'd never quite understood why I needed that level of protection. "I wanted to update you on the children we rescued last week." Right. The trafficking victims. With everything that had happene