*Rose*

Mark’s words hammer around in my head for a moment as I try to process what he’s saying to me.

King Gene has sent his warriors to kill us all.

Ordinarily, I would laugh at something like that. It’s not as if Gene has any warriors I’m actually afraid of. He is a bumbling idiot who can’t even tie his own shoes, so I would seriously doubt him capable of doing anything that was going to truly harm me or my children.

But that’s just it. I look around the ...