Chapter 15: Trapped with the Beast

The guard stepped back, clearing my path.

Ignoring Lady Vane on the terrace, I pushed across the damp gravel toward the truck where Sybella waited. Every step drove cold grit into the torn skin of my feet, but I kept moving.

Sybella stepped down from the running board and pulled me into her arms.

For a moment, I held on. After tonight, I didn't know when I would see her again.

She pulled back slig