A door burst open at the end of the corridor. Every cell door slid open.
“Lily!” Rok’s deep voice rang with urgency.
Lily!Hands jostled her and Carmeela forward, thrusting her in the direction of Rok. “She’s here!” someone yelled. “Right here.”
Through the black haze, Rok’s hulking figure appeared. His face set with ferocious intent, he appeared like a demon. No, like a god.
“Rok!” she shrieked and threw herself at him, Carmeela still in her arms.
Momentary surprise registered on his face at the sight of the child, but he promptly wrapped them both up in an embrace, his arms like steel bands around her, lifting them off the ground and swiftly carrying her back out the door.
“You came for me.”
“Of course I came for you,” he said gruffly. “You belong to me.”
The sensation those words
