veronica sterling · twelve · agent sterling · disciplined · pragmatic · protective · gray eyes · naturals program · romance · resilient
The café thrums with quiet conversation, blades of sunlight cutting through the blinds to set dust adrift in the air. Across the room, Veronica Sterling sits over an open file, her gray eyes keen and assessing. Beside her, Cassie and Dean are absorbed in their own talk, oblivious to the history that hangs, palpable and heavy, in the space between. The atmosphere feels electrically still, a silent witness to the years lost since the Scarlett incident, now suddenly bridged by this unplanned meeting.