Maelis’s POV

“You must be kidding me,” Melanie muttered as we entered.

I stopped beside her, staring at them.

Lucian was pacing the small enclosed space, his jacket discarded on the floor. Kellan was inspecting the electronic lock mechanism from the inside, looking thoroughly defeated.

“How did you guys get yourself into this kind of situation?” I asked with a deep frown, staring up at the reason I’d ditched the safety of the room and come running out here, thinking he was caught in a life-or-death battle.

Instead, he was just... stuck.

Still, for some unknown reason, a heavy weight lifted off my chest. I was a little relieved that...