Evelina's POV
Caspian didn't sleep that night, and neither did I. We sat with the letter between us on the small table in the room they'd given us, taking turns rereading the same three paragraphs as though repetition might reveal a way out of what Malik had already set in motion.
Someone had left a plate of food for us hours ago that neither of us had touched. Somewhere past midnight, someone in the corridor outside laughed. A door opened, then shut, and footsteps moved away down the hall.
"You could leave before morning," I said. "Before Renner rules. Before anyone starts asking questions you can't answer standing in front of them."
"I could," Caspian agreed. "I'm not going to."
"Why not?"
"Because you'll still be standing in that room whether I'm beside you or not. I'm not leavin
