Elara's POV
My father said he'd get to Newland as soon as he could, and told me to start asking around for Julian in the meantime. I told him to be careful too, though the words felt useless the second they left my mouth, thin and inadequate against whatever was actually happening.
The second I hung up, whatever mood I'd had left completely died. All I could think about was Julian, hurt somewhere, or worse. I had to go find Orion.
Samuel had caught enough of the call to piece it together. He stopped me before I could reach the door. "I think we need to stay calm here. From what I know of Orion, this doesn't sound like something he'd actually do."
I pulled free of his hand. "I'm sorry, Samuel. But from what I know of him, I think he would."
Samuel grabbed my bag anyway and followed me
