Alessia. " Save the Kingdom heirs." " Save the kingdom heirs." I was somewhere, suspended in the air, everything in me shouting. Willing me to surrender, to accept my fate, to kiss goodbye to everything. But I was reluctant. Deep down, I wanted to see my babies. Even amidst the flames of pain, I could envision them, their little faces, a boy that looked just like Caspian and a girl, a mini version of me. For a moment, I wanted to be selfish, to myself at least. For a second, I was tempted to endure, to withstand, to live past the pain, just to have a glimpse at my little angels. So, despite how unbearable it was, I persevered, without crying, without shouting, without showing the brokenness within. The only indication of the pain within was the endless tears that kept falling f

