~CASSIAN

“Okay, so what now?” Rylan asked, pacing in front of me like an enraged animal.

I barely blinked as my eyes fixed on the hallway where Nyra had disappeared hours ago. My jaw was locked tight, and my hands itched with the need to break something—or someone. The longer she was gone, the more the dread crawled under my skin like acid.

“Did you hear what I said?” Rylan snarled as he stopped moving.

Lazily moving my eyes to him, I nodded. “What do you think?” I asked, voice ...