Layla’s heartbeat remained steady throughout the night much to the delight of the healers. As her body warmed up, she regained her color and was slowly losing her sickly pallor. The healers replaced her bandages in the middle of the night, the jostling of her body woke her from her slumber.

For a split second, she had convinced herself that it was all a horrible dream and that she had fallen asleep next to Solomon and there was a party to return to. She was brutally brought ...