Helio’s POV If I left tonight... She wouldn’t. She didn’t have the guts to leave, to defy my father like that. I had half a mind to go back and make sure she understood that leaving wasn’t an option. Her cold, empty eyes, barely glinting in the moonlight, flashed through my mind. Why do you care? I snarled to myself, running through the corridors. My feet led me in no particular direction. I didn’t care where I went so long as Cindra wasn’t there. Soon, I reached the ground floor and headed out of the back exit of the castle that led into the gardens and straight into the forest. My lips tingled. I could still taste her. My c**k twitched in my pants, hard as a rock, and my heart thumped in my chest like a drum. I felt like I was going to burst into flames with need or anger, and I wa