DARRAGH’S POV

The barrier shimmered and collapsed the moment Saraphina's heart stopped beating. The invisible walls that had trapped her with her mother dissolved into nothing, leaving only rain and silence and the two bodies lying together on the wet cobblestones.

I ran.

My legs moved without thought, carrying me across the slick ground toward where she lay. My dress shoes slipped on the rain-soaked stones but I didn't slow down. I couldn't slow down. Every second that passed was another ...