Chapter 106

Kaia POV

Thank the Moon Goddess—I still had the car key.

The cold metal bit into my palm as I burst out of the building, lungs burning, heart pounding so loudly it drowned out everything else. The night air slammed into me, sharp and unforgiving, but it felt like freedom.

Almost.

“Stop her!” someone shouted.

The guards at the gate turned just as I reached them three of them, big, armed, confident. Too confident. They rushed forward, blocking my path like a wall of muscle ...