It had been days, and I hadn’t heard anything more about Darren. I was completely focused on solving the brainwashing in the kingdom. We now had some suspects and detailed descriptions of methods that were used. Lyle and I were going over the evidence when Milo burst into the room.

            “Is it true?!” he growled, putting Lyle immediately on the defensive.

            “Is what true?” Lyle glanced at me and ...