NERO POV
"Talk to me about Damon," I said. "What did you get from him?"
Kade matched my pace down the corridor. Both of us walking fast..
"That's the thing," Kade said. "I didn't get anything. Because someone got to him first."
I stopped walking.
Kade took two more steps before he realized I wasn't beside him anymore. He turned.
"Say that again."
"He was attacked. At the stables. Last night." Kade's jaw was tight. "Two guards found him this morning. He's alive but barely. Whoever did it knew exactly where he was and exactly how long they had before the shift changed."
"They came onto my land," I said.
"Yes."
"Inside my palace grounds."
"Yes."
"And attacked someone in my stables."
"Nero—"
"They're not just getting bolder. They're testing me. Seeing what I'll do. Seeing if the
