RAISEL’S POV

One Month Later

I crouched in the shadows of the alley, my breath shallow, heart pounding. I was hiding from Davina’s assassins. Heavy footsteps

echoed behind me.

“Search over there!” a man barked.

They swarmed the area. Without a sound, I slid beneath a rickety shed, my pulse thudding so loud I was sure they could hear it.

“Come out, woman!” another voice shouted.

I clamped a trembling hand over my mouth, stifling the scream clawing its way up my ...