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The palace whirled with activity.
The queen didn’t receive the news well, and almost fainted. Libra, her handmaid, rushed into the sunroom and helped her to her chambers, where the palace’s healer would be waiting for her. The princess and Willow followed the queen. My mother wanted to go with them, but she was sent home—she wasn’t happy about that. Lugh had told me to go with my mother, but I had insisted on staying so I could help him.
While Lugh went to the barracks to talk to his soldiers and issue orders, I stayed back at the palace, where I instructed the staff on how to proceed—they all grew tense and agitated with the news. I also called on capital officials and asked Lugh to spare me a few soldiers so we could do something about Masarn. Though the capital was far from
