The Weight of Victory

Maeve pondered, 'The gunfire had shifted from a hailstorm of bullets to precise, pinpoint shots. Clearly, whoever's pulling the strings must have realized that with Kael protecting me, they couldn't touch me. So they changed tactics.'

Kael flat-out refused. "All the more reason I can't leave you behind," he said firmly. He thought, 'It doesn't matter if Maeve is their main target or not. Leaving h