Sylas' POV:

"Boss, we found him."

The words echoed through the phone. And for a moment, I didn't move, breathe or think.

Beside me, Vera must have heard him through the phone, because she had gone completely still.

“What did you say?” I asked, as I felt my pulse begin to hammer hard against my ribs.

It had taken months of chasing shadows, of dodging attacks and kidnappings. Months of watching Cassian smiling as he tried to take me down, and now, I had finally got him.

"Boss?" The commander's voice pulled me back. “I said, we have found him.”

I sat up in bed immediately, and every single trace...