Chapter 44

• Cesmae’s POV
• My heart races, fear gnawing at the edges of my thoughts. Alpha Madrid is here, in the palace. The man who wants me dead. Every instinct screams for me to hide, to disappear before he sees me. But I know I can't stay in hiding forever. I can't sit around waiting for everything to collapse around me. The anxiety alone will tear me apart.
• Just as I'm trying to figure out what to do, Mimimi tugs at my hand, her innocent voice breaking through my panicked thoughts.