Elena's P.O.V
The air in the dimly lit room hung heavy with a sense of anticipation, and my instincts were on high alert.
Rita stood before me, her eyes flickering with determination. She claimed to be here to help me escape Vincent's custody; she claimed that Lucien had sent her and that he was waiting for me out there. She claimed that she wasn't from my guild but another guild in a different town where Lucien had connections to.
I desperately wanted to believe her, to trust that she was my ticket to freedom, but an unsettling feeling gnawed at my gut, urging caution.
Something wasn't right. Something didn't add up. And this close to having my freedom within my grasp, I was starting to doubt the fact that this all seemed too easy…too good to be true.