Sora’s Perspective

I had never waited for someone with my heart pounding like this.

The place we chose was discreet, just outside the private residential wing where Blood Claw members stayed when they came to the city. I knew Rue was inside. I had confirmed it twice. No mistakes this time.

She would come out.

And when she did, everything would change.

I pressed myself into the shadow of a column, my cloak pulled tight, listening. My ears strained beyond human limits, catching voices drifting ...