The door handle slowly turned as I rocked the chair back and forth, trying to shatter it and free myself. My first thought was that Alban had returned, but the person on the other side didn’t rush in. After...

Alex woke me. A warm sunbeam slanted through the half-open blinds onto my face. As she tried to slip away, I caught her by the hips and pulled her down onto my bench.“I brought you coffee and a croissant....

“So, you decided to take a break to let your colleagues forget about the incident?”“Yes and no. It’s not as if they’ll miss me, but they’re not hostile either. They don’t care what the boss suspects. You remember Shaheed?...