The black SUV cut through the night like a shadow, its engine humming low yet powerful as it devoured the distance toward the royal estate, the city lights fading behind them while the open road stretched endlessly ahead under the rising glow of the full moon.
Inside, silence reigned.
Heavy.
Thick.
Filled with everything that had just happened.
Iva sat in the back seat, her hands resting in her lap, fingers loosely intertwined, though every now and then they tightened unconsciously as her thoughts spiraled, trying—and failing—to keep up with the whirlwind of the last few hours.
Next to her, calm.
In control, stood Caleb.
As if the storm inside him had been neatly locked away behind iron walls.
But she knew better now.
Or at least… she was starting to.
Her gaze shifted slightly t
