It took a hell of a lot of blind trust to believe Cal and the others would pull through this. He knew he had the fighting capabilities of a goldfish, but nonetheless, where he was felt completely wrong.
He dug his nails into the wood of the plain table in the hotel room, ready to sprint to the compound the second he heard her voice.
When he met her, it was hard. She was coming out of the loss of her very own identity and was very well aware of the intent to be sold to the one who actually has her now. She was afraid and slow to trust Ace wouldn’t hurt her, but from the first time he made her smile, he considered himself bewitched by the former witch.
Loraina was the one thing in his life that wasn’t the cause of some sort of misery. When she opened herself up to him, everyth
