EMBER.
“No, no!” I screamed. “Get off him, please! I’ll go with you! I’ll go! Just please stop hurting him!”
“You’ll come with me!?”
“I swear it!” I sobbed. “Please, just—just let him go.”
I sobbed in relief as Alec was tossed to the floor, my eyes widening as I ran over. My hands cupped his face as he smiled faintly at me.
Arianna’s voice screamed in my mind, ready to rip kingdoms apart to get to me.
Hearing the click of a gun, I gasped before latching onto Alec.
Then everything went black.
Gasping for air, I raised my hand to my chest as sweat dripped down my face and chest.
Alec cradled me, whispering in my ear, but I blocked him out.
I blocked all of it out.
Another dream.
It’s been three weeks since Arianna interrogated that mercenary. She killed him and the others.
But t
