Present time.

~Serena~

I woke up with a start, heart pounding and sweat coating my forehead. Shooting up from the bed, I searched for Declan, but only found Lia lying beside me.

I was still dressed in my clothes at the time of the attack. I released a breath. We’re still on the day of the attack. The scent of gunpowder and dead rogue bodies in the air proved that.

Lia was wearing a fresh white shirt, and a bandage was wrapped around her left thigh. She was in a bad shape, and rogues don’t ...