The Day He Let Me Go, I Let Him Go Forever
Soundlessly, she breached the island's security system and sent an encrypted distress signal.
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Three days later, in the dead of night, Freya stood at the cliff's edge. The wind off the sea roared, snapping the hem of her skirt.
Footsteps hammered up behind her. Xavier had arrived with a team at his back.
He rushed over, his face drained of color. "Come with me, princess!"
Freya glanced at the guards closing in and laughed. "Xavier, are you afraid of heights?"
Before he could react, she yanked him along and leaped off the cliff. The sea churned below. She'd long since picked out footholds along the cliff face.