Lena
“Your move, captain.”
The words hung in the freezing chamber.
Rowan stood across the broken ice holding the trigger like it weighed nothing.
And beside me—
Kane had gone still.
Too still.
My body shook from cold water soaking through my clothes, but fear burned hotter than the freezing air.
Above us—
Mason groaned again.
Weak.
Alive.
The sound shattered something inside me.
“Kane please—”
My voice cracked.
“Please help him.”
His jaw tightened.
And for one terrible second—
He looked trapped.
Not physically.
Emotionally.
Like Rowan had dragged him into a memory he couldn’t escape.
The chamber groaned overhead.
Dust rained down.
Zara looked close to panic.
“We need to leave. Right now.”
“No,” I said.
Because I could hear Mason.
Because he was somewhere above u
