The week passed by quickly before my eyes. I’m only half aware of it, seeing bits and pieces of what’s happening around me. The reality of what my brother is facing and the confirmation from my mother that my unborn children are the next in line for the throne just sucks the life out of me. I worry for my brother. I worry for Astrea. I worry about the Kingdom. I worry for us. So much worry. We can never really escape it.
I vaguely noticed Lev Morozov who had panicked when I first returned from the frozen lake.
“I left you in my room to sleep only to return without you there!” He was screaming but I could barely hear. “I thought they got to you or something.”
Lev must have seen the look on my face because he stopped, giving me a once over as if to look for bruises and such.
“You alr
