Chapter 37 A WORLD OF HURT

— Kaden — Once Eva has been secured. It took us around eight minutes to rush the fortress and take it. Vanargand was with us, and guided a team to where there could be survivors. He’d been good to his words. Before we went in, Rayner—who was the man who secured Eva in the woods—told me how Eva pleaded with him to return Mads’ body. I would have done it regardless, but still. It didn’t help to ease the pang I felt in my chest when I saw his broken form discarded on the floor....