Emma's POV
"Wait!” I said, holding my hands up. The guards stopped too, their hands on their swords.
“What is the matter?” One of the guards said.
I looked at Xaden and grasped his arm. “Xaden, we can't wait any longer. We have to go now, as in now.”
Xaden took his time to explain to me. “We won't be long at Xavier's," he said, his voice calm and reassuring. "We'll be in and out, I promise.”
I couldn't buy his sweet talking. My intuition screamed at me to act, to move. We could be late, Evan could be dead, and I couldn't take chances. “You know, Xavier, he would delay us. Please, Xaden.”
"Go," it was Killian who spoke, his voice firm and commanding. "I'll handle the guards. You two get moving."
“Listen to him, Xaden.” I begged him.
Xaden sighed and looked at the guards. “We have to
