Chapter 9. Finally Captured

LEANDER'S POV

TEXT: We got her. ETA 4hrs.

When the text came in almost fours hours ago, I'd stared down at my phone in disbelief. Three long years of searching had gone by, and I was beginning to think I'd never find her. My little mouse had been clever in hiding herself, indeed.

But not clever enough.

Now she was mine.

My brain spun, anticipation lighting up every cell in my body. She would be there any minute. Finally!

I wondered what she looked like now. I'd only had one fleeting glimpse of her as she hid behind her father in the middle of the chaos, fire, and hatred burning in equal measures. Heart shaped face and pert nose, strawberry blonde hair whipping about, caught up in the rushing wind of the flames. And those eyes-deep blue with iridescent flecks like a mountain lake whispering the reflection of the moon.

That one glance had been seared into my brain.

So innocent.

So young.

But she wasn't a juvenile anymore. By