Kinza let Zaid steer her across the ballroom and toward the front doors. He had one hand on her bicep and the other shoving his phone to his ear. He was barking at Haris to meet them right away. He seemed upset, but Kinza couldn’t care less. She had done it! One of the three most powerful people in the world just swore their absolute fealty to her. Her. She couldn’t help but think how preposterous that she was the one in charge. A giggle escaped from her lips, and Zaid looked at her like she had lost her mind. Her. The cool night air was nice while she was still riding on the high of the last few minutes. She didn’t even care that she had been kidn*pped; again. “You sure he’s on our side?” Zaid asked. None of the liquid fire intensity of earlier remained. Just calm, cool direction as he

