Kalilah POV
Sleep wasn’t something that came to me easily anymore. After losing my parents and sight, I kept having nightmares about what Axel did to me. Sometimes I wouldn’t live through it—my former mate was finally able to have his revenge. Either by killing me or forcing me to be with him.
This was what scared me the most. Why would I want to be forced to stay with a man who hated me?
It would be the worst thing I would have to deal with.
But I was able to sleep soundly that night.
Until my brother woke me up, that is.
He didn’t usually wake me up unless it was something important, so the fact that he was waking me up meant something bad was going on.
I started to think it might just be in my head at first, and nothing more.
“Kaliah. Kaliah, wake up.”
His voice pulled me from
