Aria My heart is heavy as I open my eyes and my mother and granny are there in front of me eyes full of hope. “Did you reach him?” Granny asks almost a whisper. I start to speak but a huge sob wrenches itself from me, everything I had managed to hold in to be strong in front of Killian overwhelms me all at once. Breathing becomes difficult and I feel both of their arms circle around me. “My darling girl” my mother murmurs into my hair but her gentle reassurance only makes me sob harder. It takes too long for me to calm myself to be able to share what I have found with them. My mother wipes away my tears as she patiently waits for my answers “Mum, they, they’re trying to kill him, he’s so weak chained up” I see the anger flash in her eyes “Did you find out where?” Nodding “He said

