covered from – it all crashed down. I collapsed back in my room, a s

sk of terror. She ran for he

d Marcus

ng, heavily! She needs a

r has ordered all top medical staff to attend to Miss Hayes.

versus my life. The

Maya insiste

action of a second. "I wi

young groundskeeper from the estate. Leo was

wledge," Marcus said, his tone dismiss

softly. "My family... your people helped my grandfather, long ago. Th

oser. "I know a little of the ol

on the most dangerous, sheer cliff faces in the high mountains. It could grant a surge

ous," I whispere

A place my grandfather showed me. He

said, my voice gaining a sliver of strength. "Not just to escape

yes. "It will take time to fetch

ngth isn't about never falling, but about how you rise, and who you bring wit

nce," Leo said, his voice firm.

y there, bleeding, waiting, clinging to tha