~LYON

My room was filled with perfect silence. The kind that assured me that everything was going according to plan.

But just then my phone's ringtone broke through that silence like the world was going to end, and that was the warning call.

My heart shifted weirdly. But as soon as I saw the caller, I pushed the worry aside.

Slowly, I picked up the phone from the dresser and walked to the window.

"Kai," I said.

"The Rebel King of Rogues himself!" Kai replied, and I could pick out the smile in ...