Chapter Twenty-Four

Kalum

A cry of pure anguish breaks my heart as I turn around to find its source. Silence falls around me when my eyes latch onto my soulmate. Her mouth is open in a silent scream and her pink eyes are locked on the body in her arms. Alex. His large, muscled body is spread across her small lap. Blood pools on his chest. The same blood that drips from the sword of the man standing in front of her.

Rage blooms in my chest. Alex was not my biological brother, but we have been friends for over two years. I will avenge him. I grip my sword harder and race towards the man. At the same time as every other member of the Fifteen. Except for Emira. I glance at her for a split second. And that is enough for me to yell: