Ronan's POV
It hit like a blade to the chest. One second, I was walking the upper courtyard with Katrina and two Council trackers, trying to make sense of Zara's disappearance. The next… My knees buckled.
Pain surged through the bond, sharp and sudden..Like fire through a frozen vein. Like something inside her had cracked open.
Zara.
My vision blurred. I couldn't hear Katrina calling after me. I ran..I didn't think, I just followed the pull..Down the stone corridor. Past the gardens. Into the ruins behind the arena. No one came this way anymore. The elders had sealed it off decades ago, claiming the lower levels were too unstable. Too cursed.
But the bond didn't care about curses.
It dragged me straight to the broken platform beneath the south tower, and the scent hit m
