Hazel’s POV
The night was unnervingly silent when I woke, stirring from the restless sleep that had plagued me ever since Lila’s excited ramble about the royal guard.
My body was heavy with fatigue, but my mind was wide awake, sharper than ever. I lay there for what felt like hours, my thoughts spinning in an endless loop, my guard up, my instincts screaming at me.
The moment she had mentioned the guard being from the Royal palace, every alarm bell in my body went off.
Luke, from the Royal palace.
What was a guard from the palace doing here? It didn’t make sense, and I wasn’t willing to wait around and find out. It was too much of a risk.
The last thing I wanted was to end up back in their territory, at the mercy of the brothers who had rejected me so easily.
Lila, lying beside
