51Alex held Sarayna closer with each tremor that rumbled through the palace, causing her body to ache with each eruption. She awoke to a missing husband, a lost son, and a crumbling palace. The longer Treyan remained away, the more morbid her thoughts became, and the panic began setting in.
Now she was torn. Before she would have carelessly rushed into the middle of a firefight to save the one she loved, but now her love belonged to others who depended on her and putting herself at risk was no longer an option.
She clung to her daughter tight. The small bundle was snug against her chest in a post- milk haze. She wondered if her son felt as safe.
She closed her eyes as she tried to hold back the tears for her lost son.
No, not lost.
There was still time.
There was still the Councillor
