Ivy’s POV
When I heard the explosion, I felt like I had just swallowed a rock, and it was lodged in the pit of my stomach. I wanted to sink to the bottom of the ocean and never come up for air again. We had wondered if Akio was on his own, but this proved that he wasn’t. This proved that they were just waiting in the wings for me to do something that they couldn’t, find Phillipe. Now they were able to end the last of the royal bloodline and not worry about it coming to bite them in the ass again. This was all my fault. Phillipe had evaded the faction for nearly a thousand years, and after less than an hour with me, they were knocking down his door.
Both the guys stood up, eyes trained on the door, waiting for whoever it was to find us. They didn’t have to wait long. Seconds after the fir
