[POV: Sofia Lanka]

"You were always the one who got the sunlight, Sofia, so don’t act so surprised that the shadows finally decided to bite back."

The voice was cold, vibrating with a familiar cadence that made Sofia Lanka’s skin crawl. She tried to move her arms, but the bite of heavy zip-ties around her wrists anchored her to a cold, metal chair. Her head throbbed in time with her racing pulse, the last few minutes a jagged blur of smoke, the roar of the warehouse explosion, and the rough hands that had dragged her from Jack’s reach.

"Leo? Is that you? Where is my husband?" Sofia’s voice came out...