Elin's POV

My mind buzzed with a deafening roar, a cacophony of disbelief and betrayal that drowned out everything else. Clara... already at the airport? Rui City with a contact waiting?

Aaron helping her evade justice? Istha roared within me, her claws unsheathing in a frenzy of primal fury, itching to tear the world asunder. Shock crashed over me like a rogue wave in a storm-tossed sea, my heart fracturing in an instant with such ferocity that the pain clawed up my throat, leaving me ...