Aria's POV I was surprised when Layla told me that the King requested my presence urgently. Khalid is not yet back, I dressed quickly and hurried down toward the king's room. My heart was throbbing telling me that something doesn't feel right but I refused to dwell long on that. Reaching almost to the king's chamber, I couldn't see his guards and mine didn't follow me either. This is strange, something is definitely wrong somewhere. I pondered on that for a long time and couldn't get my finger on what that could be. I sighed and shove the restless feelings aside. Holding his doorknob, I noticed that the door was not locked. Strange! I pushed it open and walked in there, what I saw had my blood drained. I quickly rushed toward the king who was finding brea

