Her shriek; that ear piercing, gut wrenching cry that escaped Ella's throat would haunt my dreams for the rest of my life. I rose to my feet, frozen in shock as the girl whisked away. I was unsure exactly what I had been busted for, but I sure as hell didn't argue with the half dozen guards that stepped into my room. With guns in their hands, they beckoned me forwards away from Carter.
"Where is she?" The King's voice was loud, angry, as he passed through his line of guards until he stood in the middle of our room.
He c****d his head to the side and glanced at Anne, then Carter, then fixed his eyes on me. I tried to swallow my fear, but the lump in my throat was the size of a baseball.
I whispered, “Why are you here?”
“Well, Janice Fields,” the King took a slow step towards me, “you ha
