CHAPTER TWENTY
Sophia watched her people preparing for war, and she was proud of them even as she feared what might happen to them in what was to come. She put one hand over her belly protectively as she watched them loading ships and sharpening weapons. The other went to ruffle Sienne’s fur. Was she really going to bring her child into a world at war, or risk its well-being in the violence that would follow? Was she really going to risk all the people who were gathering and training together, readying themselves for the war to come?
With Sebastian in danger, she would. To give her child back its father, to rescue the man she loved, she would burn the world if she had to.
“You’re worried about what’s coming,” Lucas said, standing beside her at the docks. He looked ready for war in a way
