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Chapter 15
Meira
My head jolts up at the sound of my name, at the familiar voice, with hope threading through my chest.
Bardhyl stands outside my cell, gripping the bars. At first, I can’t believe my eyes, but I’m scrambling to my feet and rushing over to him. I crash into the bar door, my arms threading through the gaps to reach him.
He came for me!
Tears never stop falling, while my heart bangs loudly into my ribcage.
“Angel legs,” he coos.
“Dušan! They have Dušan!” I blurt out, just as Lucien bursts into the room, his gaze sweeping wide until it lands on us.
“I’ve got keys,” he declares.
Bardhyl and I step back, and in moments, Lucien has the door to my cell swinging open.
I throw myself at my men, all three of us in a tight hug. I can’t stop trembling. I want to remain here and never leave their sides, but we are nowhere near safe. Our fight has only just started.
“Dušan,” I breathe as I untangle from them. “Mad took him and he’s going to kill him. We have to find him.”
Lucien’s mouth drops open while the corded muscles in Bardhyl’s neck twitch.
“Where would he go?” I ask, desperation raking through my chest.
No one responds at first and that tells me they don’t hold the answer. I’ll scour the whole settlement to find him.
“He’d do it with an audience,” Lucien finally answers, and there’s trepidation behind his voice. I hate hearing him scared because that skyrockets my own anxiety.
“It’ll be either in the courtyard or out in the field.”
“We follow the crowds,” I squeak, panic sinking in. Terror strangles me.
Bardhyl nods, then takes the lead and wrenches open the main door, while Lucien grabs my hand and we rush out of the dungeon.
“I’m sorry,” Lucien says, his face pale as fear swirls behind his gaze. “I promised to look after you, and I lost you again.”
“That doesn’t matter,” I say. “I would do anything to protect you—like you would me. And right now, we need to get to Dušan.”
An ache flares in my chest each time I remember the way Mad hauled him out of the prison. My insides shatter at the look on his face.
Dušan’s last words linger with me, refusing to leave me. Already, I know that if we don’t get to him in time, that memory will destroy me.
Rip me to shreds.
I can’t live a life without all three of them with me.
And I can’t even begin to imagine how I am meant to go on again. I glance over to Lucien, remembering how he lost his first fated mate. He is braver than I can ever be. Tears well in my eyes each time I think of losing Dušan.
But in my head, it’s clear that whatever happens, I will kill Mad.
I will burn down everything. My only salvation is Bardhyl and Lucien, but I’m not a fool. This will destroy them too.
Nothing will ever be the same again.
I feel it in my bones.
