HERIBERTO'S MESSAGE
~TATE'S POV~
I couldn't sleep. The image of those guards being led away to their deaths played on repeat behind my eyelids every time I closed them. Vida's words echoed louder. 'He's found her.'
Heriberto knew where I was.
The warlock who'd slaughtered my family was coming for me.
The bedroom felt too quiet despite Mathias and Daxon's steady breathing on either side of me. They'd finally fallen asleep around three in the morning, exhaustion winning over adrenaline. But I just lay there, staring at the ceiling, watching shadows shift in the dim light.
When dawn finally broke, I slipped out of bed as carefully as possible. Mathias stirred but didn't wake. I pulled on a robe and padded downstairs, desperate for coffee and maybe a few minutes to pretend everything wa
