Roisin
My heart raced, fear gnawed at the edges of my thoughts. Alpha Cayn was here, in the palace. The man who wanted me dead. Every instinct screamed for me to hide, to disappear before he saw me. But I knew I could not stay in hiding forever. I could not sit around waiting for everything to collapse around me. The anxiety alone would tear me apart.
Just as I tried to figure out what to do, Meimei tugged at my hand, her innocent voice breaking through my panicked thoughts.
"Mummy, come play with me! Please, please?" Her wide, pleading eyes looked up at me with that same adoring gaze she always had.
For a moment, I hesitated. I could not refuse her. I knelt down, brushed a lock of her fiery red hair behind her ear, and forced a smile. "Of course, sweetheart. Let’s go."
But even as I
