Raven had been sitting in the study for hours, working through important documents he hadn’t finished earlier. Yet, he was still far from done.

His mind kept drifting back to the strange events with Zerra and why she ran off so abruptly. He kept wondering if she truly meant what she said about what would happen if something happened to Azzmi. At this point, he couldn’t ignore the possibility that something could happen, and it was good that Azzmi had bodyguards now.

He never imagined he’d ...