CIARAN
The command sat uncomfortably on my tongue after I’d said them. "Stay here, Eleanor."
But her eyes, bright and unyielding, burned into me even as Dylan and Liam closed in on either side of me.
The bond tightened between us like a wire I couldn't cut, not even if I could help it.
I broke free, moving down the short passage between the living area and the entrance door.
Dylan matched my pace, Liam lagging behind on the opposite side.
We didn't speak until we pushed through the heavy doors and into the drizzly morning.
The Siren King waited.
He stood in the doorway to the courtyard, his cloak billowing like liquid night.
His eyes, the color of shifting tides, regarded me as icy and unchanging.
There were no guards or attendants with him. Only him. That, in itself, made m
