Everyone parted and found their respective places in the castle. It was almost time for dinner and Alpha Knight had called for an informal one in the Circular Cabinet within an hour.

Olive sank into a sofa in their bedroom and shut her eyes.

Three months in a secret place? Without Wayne? Without this family she had come to love so much? It felt like The Vrek Cult all over again.

A twisting sensation wriggled in her gut and she groaned and turned uncomfortably.

She ...