Dahlia is in a large room surrounded by many of the Undaunted. Zion stands beside her seat. Kalan, Cain, Carver and many others are also standing around the room.
"You were exiled again?" Cain asks, incredulous. He has obviously noticed that there is something going on between her and Zion and even though he had looked pained at the beginning, he seems to be getting over it just fine. He has been a good friend to her and she regrets that she would cause him any kind of pain but she has been very clear since the beginning about the fact that she has no interest in him in the way that he obviously does in her. She hopes that he gets over his disappointment soon.
"My sisters are in no position to lift my exile. Only the queen can do that." She tells them. She had been a person without a f
