XADEN POV
Maeve’s eyes widened. “What does that mean?” she asked, leaning closer and squeezing my hand. I could feel tremors shake her body. “You’ll be going off to war…?”
Truthfully, that was a question I was not able to answer at that time.
I wanted more than anything to reassure her, to dissuade her worries with confidence and say that would never happen, but I found myself unable to. Especially after that sudden meeting I had just left with my father and brothers. The things we were learning… the harsh chaos of the battle…
It all seemed too real to deny.
A few hours earlier…
I was running.
I wasn’t sure what exactly was happening or why I had been summoned to Father’s office so suddenly, but still, I was running.
The urgency in Royal Beta Samson’s voice was impossi
