33“Her life force is dissipating, my Prince.”
“But how? That’s not possible. She was just—”
“I do not know, but we are losing her.”
“No, something has to be done!”
“I… I cannot. I do not know…”
The voices grew softer as Alex drifted away.
* * * *
The room was bright, with windows reaching from the floor to the vaulted cathedral ceiling. Alex looked down at herself and realized she was wearing a thin, white sundress with thin straps. She could see her bare feet from where she stood. Her pregnant belly was gone. She was oddly calm about this, and as she went to wrap her arms around her body, instinctively trying to warm herself, she realized with the light came comfortable warmth, giving her surroundings a soft, subtle glow. It was a large room from where she stood, with pillars to th
