The night air was thick with tension as my brother and I returned home from the meeting. The meeting had been more eye-opening than we could have ever imagined, and the first thing I did upon returning home was to go into our office and pull out the family tree.
The revelation that dad had stolen the kingdom from Lyra's father had changed everything for me. He really was worse than I ever knew. Betrayal hung heavy in the air, as I unrolled the scroll with my brother standing over my shoulder.
We knew what this information could mean. If the truth came out, it could ignite a war that would engulf our kingdom.
''What do we do now?'' Chace asked, his voice barely above a whisper. His eyes were dark with worry, and I could see the flicker of doubt in them. ''Do we give her the throne back?'
