, plunging into a hidden forest path. Branches scraped the sides like cl

hand, her other wrapped protectively a

act. If we survive t

r was chasing them wasn't just trying to sc

halfway and aimed a pistol. "

," Luca

breath caught in her throat. She didn't know whether it was t

e gasped.

ok back. "Ju

the last informant was tied to a chair. Blood dripped from his

ca?" he asked ag

girl... the bodyguard, Mirella.

. "They're going to the mountain towns. T

ey to

mist

xplain. He couldn't. Because the name Finch had on

asey bore

overgrown, but hidden well in the folds of the moun

her on a dusty couch. Luca grabbed a lantern, i

tress," Casey panted

n't risk anything now. I'll call the midwife who helped

's hands. "You're stronger than

ow why my family's name was erased from every g

other was a ghost. A Finch b

froze.

ily. Ran off with your father and tried to e

at tightened

a said gently. "

ll into stu

you're pregnant... wi

red, "He nev

Because Ivan Park doesn't

ipped outside. She stood beneath the moonlight, staring at

ther. The ch

e wind, "What am I

r the cloak of night, som

Iv

his

meone

ross her cheek, speaki

nd. The hei

d family portrait. One child w

e once," he whispered. "And now

ooke

can't stop

moonlight casting a pale glow over her face. Her fingers tightened around the necklace she'd worn since chil

es nearly glowing under the moon. It was silent, except for the sound

th

sn

spun a

's t

le

he baby kicked as if sensing danger. She

en the sh

black leather, with a scar cutting across her cheek and down

ze. "Who

your m

th, too calm. "Your real m

th hitched.

Ivan's father. We were friends once

do you

u. Because if you think Ivan is your biggest

rough the door, gun rais

ally. "I'm not here to hurt her

does that mea

ehyun Park-he's coming. And unlike Ivan, he won't spa

rly gave out. "Iv

The one who trained Ivan to be a monster... and wa

now?" L

m to the family's original fortune. The blood and th

ilence f

tomach again. "This

nce. "A key. A thr

don't run. Fight. Because the baby inside you is more th

, she dis

it room. Mirella lay asleep beside a shotgun.

ng was c

carried wasn't

s a w

no longer

.. to a possible

self, "What if I don

e line of Ivan's voic

u want, Casey. You were ne

e, just

a way to ch