"Are you sure about this?" Nicholai asked Maverick as we entered the towering walls of the packhouse.

Maverick didn't answer. I was still cradled in his arms like a baby.

The sight of the packhouse before me stole my breath. It was unlike anything I had ever seen. Rows of breathtaking houses, each one grander than the last, all leading up to a massive structure at the center.

Like a small city of its own. Only small was an understatement...because it was huge.

Children laughed as they ...