LIAMThe next day, at exactly nightfall by 8:45PM, I am at the south docks. Behind me, twelve royal guards are with me, and we are all waiting for our targets.Honestly, I hope Bryson is right, because if he is not I swear I am going to murder him.Everywhere is silent except for the distant lap of water against the dock pylons and the creak of old wood settling in the night wind. Still waiting, my earpiece suddenly crackles once with Captain Elle’s voice.“In position your highness.”“Copy,” I say back.On my phone screen, the warehouse is dark.But suddenly, a single weak light bleeds through a crack in the side wall.Someone is in there.Bryson's information was good.“Everyone move,” I say quietly into the earpiece and stand up. Immediately, we cross the open ground in seconds, spreading out to cover every exit. Two guards are at the water side, two are at the loading bay, four are circling the back, and three others are with me and Captain Elle at the main entrance.Just then, I
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