Dravina’s POV

When Tavian arrived with news of Malrik, it felt as though my heart seized in my chest.

The urgency rolling off him told me everything before his words even landed.

“I have to bring Malrik and the others back,” he said. “They were ambushed. They’re stranded.”

Terror unlike anything I’d ever known flooded me. My thoughts spiraled, clawing toward the darkest possibilities.

Had Cassian discovered the truth?

Had he turned his fury on Malrik?

Had he hurt ...