Rowan POV
I’ve been running for two days straight.
I can’t afford to waste any more time; my brothers need me. Asher’s voice sounded tense over the mind link, and that panic still filled me as I crossed the border of our park.
But I didn’t stop.
Not until I reached the palace, my muscles screaming from exhaustion, my lungs burning. I didn’t bother cleaning the dirt off my body.
I stormed straight to Ansel’s office, where I could feel their presence through the bond between us all.
The door slammed open, and they both turned to me like they’d been waiting.
“Where the hell were you?” Ansel snapped.
I wiped the sweat from my brow. “You know where I was.”
“We needed you here,” he growled, fists clenched so tight his knuckles turned white.
I stepped further into the room; I was so
