Cassian took a deep breath, dropping the bronze key to the Ashworth archives onto the grimy warehouse carpet. He no longer cared about Rylan’s time bomb or the North Lady’s warnings. His priority was Lianna, who was now in danger because of the Coven tracker in her car. He had to race against time.
He ran out of the secret warehouse, jumping into Agent D’s car without saying a word, issuing only a sharp command: Main hotel. Maximum speed.
The car sped through the city streets as dawn began to break. Lianna was in danger, and all of the Ashworth family’s domestic scandals had to be suppressed as soon as possible so he could focus on the global threat.
One hour later, after successfully neutralizing the physical threats at the hotel and sending Lianna back to Valerian under the pretext of
