Nicholas’s POV

I sneaked out of Carlos and Mariam’s home.

They already knew me and I don’t trust people.

Especially when they offer to help, they probably have other plans to trade me to my enemies.

I didn’t know where exactly I was headed.

I tried recalling but my head throbbed and I remembered pieces.

I remembered waking up face down, mouth full of sand and blood and my tongue stuck to the tip of my mouth.

My throat burned from dehydration, and every breath pulled pain through ...