ALICE'S POV:
I had tracked Lena here, following the trail she left as if she had wanted me to find her. The cave loomed before me like a dark mouth, waiting to swallow its prey. My heart pounded, my knuckles white as I clenched my fists, the anger inside me boiling over. With a savage kick, I sent the boulder covering the cave’s entrance tumbling aside. The sound echoed like a thunderclap, a storm unleashed.
"You took Demien from me!" I hissed, my voice thick with venom. The words didn’t sound like my own. They came from a place so deep, so full of pain, it scared even me.
Inside the cave, Lena stood, her back pressed against the jagged rock wall. Her hair was wild, her clothes torn, but her eyes burned with defiance. Clutched tightly in her arms was her child, held protectively against
