Nicholas’s POV
“What are you talking about?” Hazel asked, her voice sharp with confusion. “What did I do?”
I didn’t answer. I couldn’t.
The mind-link from Marco had hit me like a freight train, flooding my head with information that made my blood run cold. Her warriors had caught rogues trying to sneak into the palace. Rogues who were part of a bigger plot cooked up by those damned elders. And she had known. She had handled the whole thing on her own without saying a single word to me.
How the hell did she know all this was going to happen?
The question burned in my chest as I grabbed her hand, my fingers wrapping tightly around hers. “Come with me,” I said, my voice rough.
Before she could protest, I pulled her through the crowd. People stared, whispers following us like shadows, bu
