RYN
Ryn awoke on the floor of an opulently decorated sitting room. As he blinked and stared up at a tapestry hanging on the wall, he thought back to his last conscious moments, trying to figure out how he ended up here—wherever ‘here’ was.
He’d been in the boat with Violet, and she’d finally felt all the things he’d been longing for her to feel. He’d kissed her, but then something happened and she’d grown feverish and passed out. He’d sat beside her bed for hours. Then he’d gone in search of Oliver, desperate to do something other than wait. Movement had been reported just outside the protective dome. Ryn, Em, and two other guardians had gone out to investigate. They’d passed through the protective dome, and then … He wasn’t sure after that.
He sat up and looked around the room. On the
