A heart-wrenching wail escaped Niamh’s very soul.

“Why?” She cried. “Why are they attacking everything dear to me?”

Lorcan took his queen immediately into his arms.

“When you say ‘they,’ do you mean the council?”

General Aengus swallowed and slowly nodded, “They have joined up with the treacherous General Konnyr.”

Niamh broke away from Lorcan’s arms, fury dripping from her voice, “But why my home? Why not a more strategic ...