'Find Mira."
The order had come like a plea.
Sharp and desperate.
'Find her and keep her from me.'
Kiran's feet carried him faster, his footsteps echoing in the silent hall.
Then—
His stomach dropped.
Her door was empty, bare from any of her guards.
Which could only mean she wasn't in her room.
No.
He knocked.
Once, twice, till he lost every shred of patience and pushed the door open.
The wind blew in through the sheer curtains, the soft glow of the moon casting light onto her bed.
Empty.
His throat clogged.
He sprinted down the hallway, weaving through till he stopped in front of Evren's door.
Or where it should be.
The door was ripped off its hinges, thrown across the floor like evidence of what had happened.
Bianca sat inside, her
