Elira’s POV

The last thing I remembered was the explosion, the shattering pressure wave, the flames, and the splitting headache that threatened to tear my skull open. Then, nothing.

I woke to the distinct feeling of coarse rope against my wrists and ankles. My head swam, and my body ached as if I’d been hit by a truck, but my senses snapped to full alert instantly.

Tied up. In a strange place.

How the hell did this happen?

Multiple thoughts ran through my mind with dizzying speed: Had I been betrayed by Aiden a second time? Had my few loyal men been captured? Had the strange man from the photograph...