“Leanna!” Cedric roars my name as I take Finn and begin walking away. Each step is heavy on the ground, and my heart is beating wildly. My mind is a tangled mess, but the weight of the quiet son in my arms is all I need to keep going.
Erik protected me.
He protected me from Cedric, and I feel beyond grateful. I don’t know what I expected if it ever ultimately came down to it, but he had my back. I want to collapse to the ground, the relief is so immense.
The butler is waiting at the entrance, and he ushers me indoors. “I’ll fetch a healer for Master Finn.”
A healer?
I look down at Finn and realize, to my dismay, that he’s unconscious.
Panic is my first reaction, but his breathing is deep, and he seems fine. An assessment that the royal healer echoes when he finds us in a bedroom a co
