Briar POV A nightmare. A wicked daydream. That’s what this had to be. Everything happened so fast. I didn’t know where to turn to first. My son was missing, and my fiancé was in the hospital. Severin needed surgery. No one knew anything about Cassian. Colt told me to meet him at the local hospital. I don’t remember how I got there. All I remembered was the bright overhead lights and nurses in mint green uniforms coming and going. Colt. Where’s Colt? “Wait, Briar,” someone said, grabbing my arm. Ana came into view. “Colt’s over there.” Ana? When did she get here? Colt came into full view. He had a white band-aid around his left arm. Bianca sat on a chair behind him. I recognised Atlas pulling his hair out of his head at the opposite end of the room. “You got shot too?” Ana gasped.

