C32 ANDRONIKOS

The threats hadn’t come in days, and though everything seemed quiet, I knew this was just the calm before the storm.

Like a lion, the enemy lay in wait for its prey to sleep, and I was going to make sure we never shut our eyes.

“How’s the training going, Kace?” I asked Adira’s assigned bodyguard, though I already knew the answer. The cameras I’d installed a while ago—for her protection