He looked up then, glancing in my direction. Barely lifting his hand from his knee, he beckoned me closer. I took tentative steps further into the room. The closer I came, the deeper my heart sank.
"Caelum, I am not a fool. I know that I am dying." King Caesar's voice was ragged and hoarse, as if he had been lost in the sands of Sahir without water.
Father shook his head vehemently, denying the inevitable. "No, you are not. They are fetching a doctor now. You will be just fine."
"Caelum, do you remember the promise we made at the Academy?"
"Caesar, do not ask me to remember that day. We were boys, all of us. We did not know what would happen."
"You are the last of us, Caelum. Andries passed so long ago and now, I will join him. You must uphold the promise you made. You
