Her presence. His words faltered mid-sentence, and his body stiffened before his mind could catch up. The guards kept talking, unaware, but Jace barely heard them anymore. His senses sharpened, his heart beginning to race for a reason he already knew too well.

He turned slowly, almost afraid to look. Afraid that if he did, he would realize his mind was playing tricks on him again. It had done that before, making him see her in the shadows, feel her in the wind, hear her voice when she wasn’t there. But this time, it wasn’t his imagination because she was there.

Liana walked toward him across the open space in...