Alastair, Grace, and Zara quickly got up to help us get the kids, Amelia and Felicity, out of bed. While I was getting Elisa up out of bed, when Robert came in to check on us, there was a bright light shinning through Elisa’s balcony door, the protective barrier that the good witches had put around the palace was shimmering and waving, like ripples of water. “Something is wrong with the barrier, Robert, get everyone down to the war room, I am going out there,” I growled, rushing for the balcony door. At the corner of my eye, I saw Robert pick up Elisa and rush for the bedroom door, while I flung open the door to the balcony, and charged out on to the balcony, jumping over the railings. I landed on the patio beneath Elisa’s balcony, on my feet in a crouched position. I stood up. The pal