Amara’s POV.

The silence in the car was a heavy, suffocating weight. My mind went blank. I was free from a living nightmare. But the man who had saved me... the man who had paid a fortune to save me... Was Cassian.

He pulled the car into his driveway, the sound of the engine a soft, final punctuation, and turned to me, his gaze fixed on mine. "Are you sure?" I asked, my voice a small, shaky whisper. "Are you sure about what you did?"

He just nodded, a grim, determined look on his face. ...