Present… Zaid Taking a deep breath, I look down the hallway towards the heavy steel door that looms before me. Behind that door is Rose Thorin, the woman who drugged me in hopes of forcing me into mating with her. At first, she had been locked in the dungeons, her wrists chained with silver cuffs after the initial chaos caused by me being drugged, but due to her status within the palace, she was moved into the south tower with Amos’ men guarding her day and night. [We can hear everything you say, Zaid,] Amos calls through the link between him, Marv, and me. [As soon as she confesses everything, you can leave and return to Ember,] he adds. The thought of returning to Ember’s side and snuggling with my mate makes me smile. Taking another deep breath, I square my shoulders and move towar

