Sylas’ POV:

“Cassian just called me.”

I froze the moment I heard those words coming from her lips. Every instinct inside me sharpened violently, and I straightened immediately from where I had been reviewing reports in my office.

“What?” I asked, all my focus now on the call.

At the other end of the line, I heard Vera inhale. She had only said four words to me, but I could hear her fear even through the call, and the thought of my wife getting scared again sent something cold spreading through me.

“He called me from an unknown number,” she whispered quickly, “I answered because I thought it might have...