It started with darkness like my eyes were closed. It always does nowadays. Since I found myself in that strange place and met that sneaky brat, I've been seeing darkness everywhere. Then, there were voices. "Let her be, Ecandir. Look, you'll wake her up!" A female voice, melodious and exasperated. "I'm sorry, I just want to hold her for a bit," said a deep, familiar voice. "She's your daughter, my king; you'll have all your life to hold her." A laughing male voice, even more familiar. "Oh, shut up, Ecthelben, it seems that you have forgotten that you're a royal too; you did marry the King sister. Don't you have some soldiers to be commanding or something?" The first male voice replied, amusement filling his voice. The other male snorted, "Lesuar and Lusuar have everything under

