"I have to go to him now," I said, already pulling on a sweater over my nightgown. My hands shook with a mixture of desperation and elation. Kaelen was alive. He was calling to me.
Iris blocked the doorway, her face lined with concern. "Seraphina, wait. You can't just rush out. You heard Ronan—he'll be back in an hour with reinforcements to investigate properly."
"An hour could be too late!" I pressed my palm against my chest where the mating bond pulsed, stronger now. "He needs me, Iris. I can feel it."
She glanced nervously at the two guards stationed outside my room—visible through the crack in the door. "Even if I believed you completely, how would you get past security? The whole palace is on lockdown after your last escape attempt."
I met her eyes, my resolve hardening. "I grew up in this palace, remember? With a sister who liked to sneak out after curfew. I know ways."
