From above, the land spread like a living thing—fields and river veins, pockets of light and deep dark where no streetlamp burned. Kade flexed his fingers. He would use the oath and try to trace her whereabouts... He might actually find her whereabouts instead of getting stuck at the surveillance room.
Nightshade territory was under lockdown, with military and special forces enforcing the perimeter, but they had a narrow window.
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Soon, Dakota woke with a long, animal yawn, as if surfacing from a den. For a breath she couldn't place herself—memory smudged, the edges of panic dulled by whatever had stolen the air from her lungs. She had been searching for Takoda, and then… blackness.
"Finally awake," a voice purred.
