“Where are the guards that were left at the palace?” I ask, not knowing what to expect.
He sighs. “Only a few were left since we were all gone and needed to get Molly and the kids back,” he begins. “It was my mistake, but they are all dead.”
“f**k,” I exclaim, slamming my fist on the table with a loud bang. “Molly is going to be devastated.”
Rob nods, knowing exactly what she’s going to think. “Either they took the family to scare him into working with them, or they’re bribing him with them. But any way you look at it, it’s a big problem. How well does he know her?”
“He knew her quite well as a child,” I tell them, thinking back to anything she’s ever said about him. “He found her hiding in the woods that day. He helped to protect her from Benjamin’s anger. As an adult, though
