Max
This might be the most stupid thing I have ever done. However, I must do all I can to ensure Killian and Grace are safe. It doesn’t matter what enemy strides into our camp; I will not sit back and wait for them to attack. Not when I have the power to stop them.
I stand in the shadows of the old stone corridor, my back pressed to the cold wall, my breath slow and silent. I know how to keep myself hidden. No one will see me, no one will scent me. I’m good at what I do; it’s why I’m Gamma here.
The corridor is rarely used—an old servant’s passage that curves behind the eastern wing of the stronghold. From here, I have a clear view of the courtyard alcove where Dennis stands.
And where Vanessa waits.
She looks small beneath the archway, her blonde hair pulled back in a loose braid, a
