Chapter 18

After ending things with Tessa, Julian headed back to the office and cleared the decks. He rattled off orders without sitting down. "Book me the next flight to Lambain! Put everything else on hold!" His head pounded with one frantic thought. "Find Avery! Now!" He couldn't stand Jace hovering near Avery, and he refused to let her slip away for good. The flight took more than ten hours, but Julian didn't sleep. His mind kept looping through every possible scene waiting at the other end. The anxious, panicked anticipation gnawed at him, keeping his nerves on edge the whole way. As soon as the wheels touched down, Julian skipped the hotel. He gave the driver the address Daniel had found and told him to head straight there. Dusk spilled warm gold across Lambain's streets. The car had barely stopped by the curb outside Avery's apartment when Julian spotted a figure slouched against a streetlamp, familiar even in his defeat—Jace. They spotted each other at the same time. Their eyes l