Chapter 111

Several rogue guards stood behind Declan.

He was smiling. He actually looked like he was enjoying himself, as if we were putting on a show just for him.

Beside me, Stella let out a broken, terrified sound.

Declan called out smoothly. “Come down, little wolves.”

Neither of us moved. I looked up again, desperate. I was right there. One more reach and I’d be over.

Declan’s smile vanished. “Get them down.”

The command snapped through the night like a whip. The guards surged forward.

“No!” I shouted, climbing higher, my muscles screaming.

A hand suddenly clamped around my ankle and yanked. I screamed as I was ripped from the vines, hitting the ground hard enough to knock the air from my lungs.

Declan sat in front of me. “You really thought I was stupid enough not to notice?” he asked softly.

“You suddenly wanted privacy. In a remote part of the castle.” He tilted his head mockingly. “And I was suppos