Chapter 65: Trapped at the Edge

A summer night. Skyriver City. The air hung heavy with damp heat, thick as mist. On the streets, people heading home sweated through their shirts. Yet in the Skywater Pavilion Hotel's top-floor presidential suite, Rylie Norrell crouched inside the bathroom, shivering uncontrollably. Her delicate face had gone bloodless, despair written into every strained breath. She never imagined something like this would happen to her. Today had been her last day in Skyriver City. She had even thought this...