"Elena! Run! Please, you have to run!” Declan’s screaming broke my heart.
Tears streamed down my face, but I forced myself to keep moving. Every step I took felt like I was headed to my death. This was for Declan, for my family and for Mia. They had protected me, now it was my turn to protect them. Whatever it took.
Declan remained back in the house on the staircase, pinned under the weight of more than ten men, his eyes wide with fear and pain as they followed my every movement. I kept crying, this is not how everything was supposed to be. Soulmates aren’t meant to put each other in pain.
"Elena, no! Don't do this!" His voice cracked, raw with emotion I didn’t think he had. "I need you! Please, Elena, I cannot lose you too!" He was desperate, my heart broke with each plea. I could
