Reed blinked at that. He would never have considered such a thing. The thought of her waking up tomorrow, the boys gone, her leverage, her power stripped away, and realizing that she’d slept through the whole thing was so deeply satisfying that Reed almost did relax just then. Lena studied him for a long minute. “I wouldn’t have told you if you hadn’t guessed,” she admitted, like the confession had been a heavy burden she wanted off her shoulders.
