LYRA

Time seemed to slow while everything happened at once, Kael went down and I was screaming his name, Riven and the royal guards were moving to subdue Vargos, Queen Seraphine was rushing forward with healers already being called.

I dropped to my knees beside Kael as his blood spread warm and red across my hands. His face was pale, shock and pain clear in his silver eyes as they found mine. "The evidence," he gasped. "It was all worth it, right!”

"Yes, it was." I said through tears I ...