"Your Highness."
Lucius blinked in surprise, his brows lifting slightly at the sight of Florian. "What are you doing back here again?"
Florian, admittedly, hadn't expected to see him still here either. But then again, it made sense. After what happened to the last suspect—the one left unsupervised who ended up dead before any real answers could be pried from them—they were likely being more cautious now.
Still, it caught him off guard.
'Of course he's here... they can't afford to lose another lead.'
And perhaps, in some small, begrudging way, Florian was relieved. Lucius being here meant he could help verify whether Delilah was lying.
He could detect the subtle shifts, the microexpressions, the emotional inconsistencies Florian wouldn't pick up on his own.
