♥ Jethro ♥
Velmora was burning with headlines, and for once, I wasn’t content to let the flames burn out on their own. Juliette had started a war of words, and I wasn’t going to sit back while my name, and hers, was dragged through every glossy tabloid in the city. So here I was, in my office at Jotham Sovereign, preparing to do the one thing I hated most. Talk. The cameras were already set up, the lights adjusted just right to cast my face in flattering shadows. Across from me sat Celeste Rourke, Velmora’s most trusted interviewer. Her dark eyes were sharp, and her poise was perfect. She had a reputation for digging deep and getting answers. Today, she would get them.
“Ok, Jethro…let’s go over it,” Celeste said. “Don’t look directly at the camera. Just keep your eyes on me. If at any p
