Calista
Alix’s words knock the air out of me. My breath is rapid, and I place my hand over my rapidly beating heart in hopes of it calming me down.
“ How could you!” I shout at him. I raise my hand and Alix glances at it before they are on mine, I pause my hand midair and finally drop it with a sigh.
“ I don’t know if August explained the whole situation to you, but it was the king's order. The Fae had been at war with almost all the species, and they had finally targeted us. Your mother was leading the whole thing, and we later found out that killing her would be the end of it all. We ambushed her and attacked before she could attack again, and we had to take her down with the rest of her species. The order was to leave no Fae alive.”
“ So that’s why my sister was killed too becau
