Liam straightened and looked out the window to Alexandria, clearly more interested in the blueprints and how to get them from the seized mansion.
Arik watched him.
He had seen Liam angry, poisoned, exhausted, half-asleep, sharp enough to cut through royal composure, and disappointed in the technical usefulness of reincarnation.
This expression was different.
This was Liam's engineering face.
Which meant Arik was in immediate danger of becoming background furniture.
"Liam," he said.
"The Gate blueprints were in Felix's mansion."
"Yes."
"And Mezos planned to retrieve them during our engagement party."
Arik's eyes narrowed. "Yes."
"Which means they were important enough that your Shadows did not want to wait for legal seizure."
"You already know that."
"And now the mansion is seized."
"Under restriction."
"That was not what I asked."
"It was what you were about to use."
