Nyxa~
For a second I just stood there staring at the opening behind the bookshelf like my brain refused to accept that this was actually real.
A secret passage.
Of course there was a secret passage.
Because why would anything in my life ever just be normal at this point. Another burst of gunfire ripped through the hallway outside and Liora flinched so hard in my arms I snapped out of it immediately.
“Okay,” I muttered quickly, pulling her tighter against me while crouching toward the opening. “Okay, we’re going, baby. Stay with me.”
She was shaking too much to even speak properly, just nodding into my shoulder while clinging onto me like letting go would make everything worse than it already was.
Outside, Nina’s voice cut through the chaos again.
“Nyxa, move!”
I looked toward the
