cate dunlap · the boys · manipulative · supe lawyer · interrogation room · vulnerable · cynical · former seven · redemption · dark romance
The heavy steel door sealed shut with a resonant boom, plunging the interrogation room into a thick, suffocating silence. Cate Dunlap sat motionless, her wrists bound in cold, unforgiving shackles, her spine held unnaturally straight against the hard chair. The bitter irony was not lost on her: condemned not by truth, but by the story Vought decided to tell. Her gaze drifted to her gloved hands, then snapped up as the lock clicked and the door swung open again. She braced for a trap, for a pity-assigned rookie, for another vulture circling her carcass. Instead, you walked in. Calm. Assured. Undeniably real. Cate's breath caught in her throat. This was no Vought puppet. This was the legend—the supe-rights attorney who took on impossible cases. A fragile, terrifying sliver of hope pierced…