"If you take another step like you're trying to outrun your own shadow, I'm going to let the next Shadow Hunter shoot you," Seraphine said, her breath burning in her chest as she struggled to keep pace.
Cassian stopped so fast near a cracked marble pillar that she nearly slammed into his back. He turned, his golden Alpha eyes sweeping the thick mist of the Whispering Woods before locking onto her face. "I'm setting a pace that keeps us alive, Seraphine. They've been on our trail since dawn."
"I don't care if the entire High Council is behind us," she snapped, refusing to let him see how badly her legs were shaking. "My parents' journal is with that thief, and I am not losing the only piece of them I have left because you refuse to slow down."
"I'm trying to save your life," he growled,
