~Lyra~
The room fell into an eerie silence. Every gaze shifted to Kael and me.
“Kael?” The King’s voice cut through the silence, laced with suspicion as his eyes flicked from me to his bloodied son. “What do you mean… it was him who saved my Evelyn and Ana?”
Letting a single tear trail down my cheek, I said softly, “Yes. Kael ventured into that wasteland alone the moment he received a lead on Lady Evelyn and Lady Ana’s whereabouts.”
The King released Ana from his arms and looked hard at Kael.
I continued, “Your Majesty, Kael not only want to save the ladies, he also want to prove to you that he wasn’t the one who took them.”
A flicker of tension passed through the King’s expression.
“The second the ladies went missing,” I continued, voice steady, “everyone assumed it was Kael’s doin
