LAYLA’S POV
“Amber Foster.”
I’m not usually one to get my mind to shut up but the second Councilman Laurent says her name, everything inside my head goes completely silent.
Nothing could have prepared me for this. Not the days we spent planning or even Colt’s threats. Nothing.
So, for one ridiculous second, I convince myself I misheard him. That my exhausted brain filled in the wrong name because I haven't slept properly in days and my nerves are hanging on by a thread.
Then the sounds in the room come rushing back all at once and I slowly turn toward Amber.
She’s frozen.
Her eyes are wide, her face completely drained of color. And it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that this is real. This is happening.
And even more surprising, she didn't know Colt was going to do this.
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