Chapter 266: For Her...

Aldric’s heart fell. He knew this question would come. He had rehearsed a hundred ways to answer it, but now, standing before Lorraine, no words would come out.

When the emperor’s elite soldiers crashed through the stained glass outside the princess’s room, Aldric had felt that gut-wrenching pull in his chest. His sword clashed, his body fought, but his heart was elsewhere. With her. With Sylvia.