The Devastating Truth

Mace POV

Panic ripped through my chest when Prince Valerius shattered the calm of the royal gathering. One second he stood beside me, surveying the crowded ballroom; the next, he sprinted toward the balcony edge with blind desperation. Without a single word of warning, he vaulted over the marble railing, executing a flawless, suicidal leap straight down from the fourth floor of the castle balcony