The First Lady's Fury

e Purge." He claimed Isabella had always been terrified of my people, the Echoing Hollow Keepers,

eir bodies left where they fell. Our sacred burial grounds, tended for generations, were desecra

to Ethan, was my only flicker of kindness. She'd seen Ethan' s shift, his coldnes

on Ash grove," Maya whispered one night, h

lan began to form. I had to get them back. I had to pe

cover of darkness. I reached the Crimson Ash grove. The ground

ith my bare hands,

us Thorne, Ethan' s Chief of Staff, st

"The Governor forbids this. Miss Hayes is sensitive.

" I choked out, dirt

e Governor has authorized me to have all remains in this gro

ever to find peace in the Hollow. Th

troopers, at Marcus' s implacable

ly, then," I said, my voice hol

ant gesture. "You have one hour.

ing the old words, my hands aching, my heart shattered. We covere

g a public announcement. Your son died of a sudden illness, a congenital weakness. His b

her piece of me stolen an

, simmering resolve. I would comply, for now. I had to. Bu