Callie was silent as she struggled to absorb what she’d just heard. Ana was Lancelot’s child. She swallowed hard. ‘I cannot take Ana.’ She looked at the diamond glittering at the queen’s throat. ‘It was impossible to take the Ninth Diamond with me when I left Camelot before, because it’s impossible to take anything away from this realm other than ourselves.’ She bent to lay the cloak and whimpering baby on the cold stone floor.
The queen no longer tried to hide her tears. ‘Ana will die if she stays with me. You must save her! Please find somewhere safe in this realm if not your own.’
Not giving Callie any further chance to argue, she hurried to her escort and together they passed quickly through the door and out into the darkening night.
Paralysed by shock, Callie stared after them. The
