A crashing sound against the door, broke through the silence that followed her words and a moment later chaos reigned when Aiden’s body tumbled through the door with whispered words. “They are escaping!”
Crystal was on her feet and next to her personal guard in moments, barely noting the movement of people past her as everyone rushed out. A soft touch on her shoulder had her looking up into Tertius’s strange golden-caramel colored eyes. “Poison dart.”
“Is he alive?”
“Yes, but barely. We will need to get him to Vanessa and fast!” It was only after she spoke that the sounds of fighting in the hallways finally came through to her. Moving into the corridor, Crystal left Aiden in Tertius’s care. Seeing falling bodies of guards dressed in the formal uniforms of kings retinue mixed with those
