A few hours later Alexis announced that King was awake. I had explained to the Ladies that calling King would need to be done privately because we had never done it before and didn't want him to feel afraid. Even though King was used to moving from realm to realm, he wasn't used to being met by screaming women.

Everyone returned to their rooms except Ran.

"Do you feel him?" I asked.

"No," Ran replied. "But you two do, right?"

"Yes," Alexis and I ...