DOVE POV
Some triggering s****l implications at the bottom of this chapter, read at your own risk!
We arrive at Matthias' stronghold close to midnight.
An uneasy feeling follows me as the guards usher us inside. By the tense glances they exchange, they didn't expect us.
This safe house is deep in the main city, flanked by other ominous concrete buildings that look eerily similar.
Upon entering, however, Matthias' simple extravagance becomes apparent everywhere I look.
This place was prepared before hand, and although it's less than half the size of his home estate, it's nothing to sneer at.
He could have warned us...he could have brought us with him to safety.
Father leaves me in the parlour with a swarm of guards to go speak to Matthias.
I sway back and forth on my feet, trying
