d.I had arrived back at the palace that same night and had given the finance minister Cooper the letter as Lord Arone had requested. The day the king was pronounced dead,I was on my way to carry out my usual duties before meeting with some of Wyer's soldiers later that night. We had agreed it was finally time to break Lydia out of prison. As I made my way through one of the palace hallways. I noticed Elara walking ahead of me.She was wiping tears from her eyes,trying desperately to hide them from the servants passing by. Something was wrong. Without thinking, I followed her. She stopped once she reached Arwen's chamber room believing she was alone. Only then did I step forward."Elara." She turned abruptly, startled by my voice. Quickly,she wiped away the remaining tears. "Ryan..."

