Gabriella
I'm dragged back by the scruff of my neck and dropped in front of Storm's doorstep, my body hurting from how hard Ryin was biting into me to keep me still.
"Get up," he demands the second he shifts.
I shift too, my arms and legs feeling like Jell-O while I try to stand. I'm terrified over what's about to happen. What's Storm going to think of me sneaking out of Redwood like this? He's going to want to know why I was wandering out after curfew.
I doubt either Ryin or Lelana saw me coming back from the humans' town. But they're going to want to know why I was so close to it in the first place.
I'm shoved forward between the double doors leading into Storm's estate. The air in here is so oppressive that it's making it hard to breathe—or maybe that's just my terror clenching my
