The night began to fall over them, looking endless and gloomy. Ava moved carefully and with purpose trying not to wake the baby that she carried while a midwife carried the other. The midwife by her side kept throwing her eyes backwards, waiting to see if Alpha Jackson and King Sebastian would come out from the forest and join them because she was scared. Unlike her, Ava continued to push away every thought of Sebastian and Jackson because she had just one task to do: get the children to a safe place.
They knew they had to keep moving and to stay hidden because they couldn’t tell where the enemy might strike from. Each rustling from the bushes around them, the snapping of twigs and the strange noises they heard, made Ava’s heart skip as they journeyed.
“Your Grace, we must continue movi
