Dane POV

Under the heat of the afternoon sun, pain and worry found their way to Dane’s heart, and his pulse raced. Good thing he’d quenched his thirst at the river some time ago. Today or yesterday, he couldn’t remember. Time had blurred.

He focused on the present. Lilia was awake and enraged, and also afraid, but Dane sensed steely determination, defiance, and strength.

“She’s awake and alive,” he sent to his brothers through the family ...