Fantine

The sheets beside me were cold when my hand reached across the mattress, and the heavy pulse in my mate bond was pulling hard toward the northern ridge, so I threw my legs over the side of the bed and pulled my boots on without bothering to lace them up all the way. I grabbed my jacket from the back of the chair and ran down the back stairs where one of the young guards was standing near the door with a radio in his hand, and he tried to step in front of the exit before I could reach the handle.

"Riley told us to keep you inside...