Silas POV
Waking to find her gone, my heart begins pounding in my chest, my eyes instantly going to my hand and looking at the promise mark, my skin charred and black from where she broke the blood promise and effect from breaking it, it causes intense pain and burns into us like a reminder. I still remember when she stepped out of the borders, the tingling sensation that moved over my palm. I initially thought I slept on it funny and gave myself pins and needles until it started burning and I knew she left me. Left the safety of the kingdom and never have I felt fear like that. She was completely unaware of what resided beyond those gates.
Looking at my hand though, I felt no pain. So, I knew she was in the castle somewhere or at least within the kingdom. Matitus rolling into me, his ha
