Alessandro was extremely worried. Abril had cut off communication abruptly. He hadn't slept all night. He tried to contact her countless times but had no success. His messenger bird arrived at dawn. Although he knew the bird was tired, he had to ask it to carry a message to Sirius—he needed to know that Abril was okay, or he would go insane.
Alessandro spent the entire morning feeling like his heart would stop at any moment because of the fear and anxiety he felt. He was in his office when Cassian arrived.
"Lessan, are you okay?"
"Cas."
"I've been knocking on your door for a while. Since you didn’t answer, I had to come in. You look terrible. What happened?"
"It’s Abril."
"Did something happen to her?"
Alessandro ran his hand through his hair and told him in a trembling voice filled
