Amara’s POV.

The hospital doors closed behind me, a final, definitive period at the end of a long, agonizing chapter. I didn’t know where I was going, but I knew I couldn't stay. Not after what had just happened.

Not after I had looked at Cassian and saw a man I no longer recognized—a ruthless, calculated man who would do whatever it took to get what he wanted. He had been so quick to offer me protection, to pay my debts, but in the end, I was nothing more than a pawn in his game.

I ...