He'd Declared War

Chapter 275: He'd Declared War Roman She looked away and didn’t answer. That alone set something vicious loose inside my chest. “Savannah,” I said slowly, my voice low, tight, coiled like a warning shot, “if I have to repeat myself again, I’m—” “It was Ryan.” Reese’s voice cut in sharp and abrupt, like ripping a bandage off a wound that hadn’t even started healing yet. Savannah still didn’t look at me. Her arms were folded tight against her chest, shoulders drawn in, as if she were bracing for impact that had already happened and might happen again. The room went dead silent. I stared at Reese. “What?” The word came out wrong. Flat. Disbelieving. “What did you just say?” Reese didn’t blink. Didn’t soften it. “Ryan.” The name hit me harder than any bullet ever had. I let out a short, disbelieving laugh. “No. That doesn’t make any sense. Why the hell would Ryan try to strangle you? If he has issues with anyone, it's me. Not you.” Still, Savannah didn’t look at me. Finally—fi