Chapter Seven
Many of the prisoners had made it to the forest, but the group before Alex was considerably smaller than the one that left the dungeons. Many likely hadn’t made it out of the palace without being caught. There was nothing more he could do for them.
Alex examined the people he’d freed. Some of them were just children. He shook his head. How could he have kept them locked away?
His eyes found Etta. The same way he’d been able to imprison her. He’d learned long ago to separate himself from his feelings. A lasting lesson from his father. But what was a king without feelings? Without loyalty, empathy… without love?
Simon passed food around. It wouldn’t be enough, but it was all they could do. It was up to these people now to save themselves.
They’d begun to regain their stren
