Valdier: Valdier:Royal Palace Royal PalaceCreon Reykill paced back and forth in the living room of his family’s apartment in the palace. Fear knotted his stomach. Outside, it was growing dark, and his youngest daughter still had not returned home. He stopped pacing and turned to his oldest twin daughter. “Spring, when was the last time you saw Phoenix?” Creon asked. He kept the worry out of his voice as much as he could. Spring wiped a tear from her cheek, sniffed, and twisted her hands in distress. He walked over to her and gave her a comforting hug. “Late this morning. We were in the gardens working on a fresh flower bed. She—she said she was going for a flight and would search for some more seeds for my garden,” she said. They both turned when Carmen strode into the living room. “

