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The room was almost deserted but for Heddy, who cowered in a corner, his knees pulled up to his chest, rocking back and forth, shaking his head.
“Heddy!”
“I-I don’t know, Alpha! I didn’t see anything!”
I rushed toward him, watching his eyes pop. “You know something!” I insisted. “Tell me what you saw!”
“Stralia,” he whimpered. “S-she finally called the faeries together for the attack.”
My jaw slacked. “Finally?Attack?” I repeated. “What are you going on about?”
Through my peripheral vision, I saw a group of three servants enter the kitchen, and my guards immediately drew their swords, but all of them held up their hands in mercy.
“I’m sorry, Alpha,” Antonia whispered. “Stralia’s plans were well known, that she intended to be queen one way or another…”
“Antonia!” her father barked, but the fae hung her head, tears slipping down her cheeks.
“No, Dad. She sacrificed herself for us. We owe the Queen a fighting chance.”
Dread swept through me. “Where is Zephyrine?!” I demanded. “Where is the Queen?”
“Stralia took her,” Antonia mewled. “The Queen was too weak to fight her off after she ensured the rest of us were out of harm’s way.”
“TOOK HER WHERE?!” I screamed, my head whipping around. No one had an answer for me, and my rage mounted. “Tell me where my mate has gone!”
“Stralia was going to kill anyone who didn’t side with her cause,” the third servant piped in with a squeak. “Not all of us agreed that she should be queen, but it was easier to just ignore her.”
“Ignore her? She tried to poison my child!” I roared, glowering at the scrawny fae whose name evaded me. “How dare you not bring this to me?”
He dropped his head, and I realized that he may have agreed with Stralia’s position until whatever had occurred that evening.
“Where are they?!”
“Honestly, Alpha, we don’t know!” Antonia promised. “But they couldn’t have gone far. There are guards on every door—”
“Check Stralia’s bedroom and ours!” I ordered. “Where is Maywin?”
Everyone in earshot burst into action as blood rushed through my ears, a feeling of faintness overtaking me.
I had no doubt that Stralia would kill my bride the moment she had the chance.
Was I too late already? Was Zephy already gone?
I couldn’t let myself think that way.
“No one in this palace rests until they are found!” I yelled, striding toward the stairs. “And find me her maid. Maywin must know something!”
“Yes, Alpha!” everyone chorused as I flew toward the second floor, determined to rally the entire household to my cause.
If Zephy was harmed, or worse, no one would ever sleep again. I would personally ensure that.
* * *
Aradia flew inand out of every bedroom without shame, appearing and disappearing to check if Zephy was being held captive within the walls.
When she reported back to me, she had no news, but that she had located Maywin, hiding in her own room, close to our suites.
I stormed through the door of Maywin’s room without knocking, and the maid threw her hands over her head as if I would strike her.
