DARREN'S POV Something is wrong, I can't sense Avia's energy in the palace, and everyone is behaving suspiciously. I will get to the bottom of this now. I walk around all of them, and my eyes catch a maiden with an injured arm. Avia's scent is all over her and some other maids. You, I looked in her direction, and she raised her head. Tell me what happened here in my absence, I said, and I watched her shaking on her spot. Nothing important, your majesty... I don't know about anything, she muttered, sweating profusely. Interesting... The one thing I despise... Lies ANAYA'S POV Darren's eyes turned blue, and immediately, the maiden was frozen into an ice sculpture, her last breath escaping from her icy lips. Everyone's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets, and I was not left behind

