Verity's POV

The cold stone bit into my bare feet as I ran through the corridors. My nightgown tangled around my legs with every step but I didn't care. I had woken up with a feeling in my chest that something was wrong and when I checked his room he wasn't there.

I knew where he would be.

The stables sat at the edge of the castle grounds and the sky above them was still dark with only the faintest hint of gray creeping along the horizon. My breath came out in white puffs as I burst through ...