She swatted at tears rolling down her cheeks as she quickly walked through the halls of Castle Sona Tuath and ran up the stairs to the tower she shared with her husband. She threw herself upon the giant bed and sobbed. She wished Kyia had come with her to this awful place—she felt so utterly alone. She took Astrid’s shell in her hand and felt it start to warm. She wondered where the Selkie Queen was at that moment and wished she could just walk into the sea and swim with her, forgetting all her worries.
She must have fallen asleep because when she opened her eyes, the bands of sunshine coming from the windows had moved and changed colors slightly. Suddenly she knew what she was going to do. She jumped up, checked on the twins with their nurses and Archigos guards, and ran downstairs looki
