Zezi's heart was pounding with regret as she ran up the stairs of the castle at an unfathomable speed.
Why had she left to watch the execution in the first? She should have never left. She should have never convinced herself that she needed to be at the Execution for all the reasons she had thought it was important before.
Right now, they all felt very useless.
George and Aunt Alice had stayed behind to be with Mira. Not like they would have been allowed to watch the execution, not like they wanted to either.
Gwen had stayed too.
Oh, by the Moon, Zezi hoped they were all okay.
She screeched to a stop right in front of her daughter's door, flinging it open as fast as she could.
Her eyes combed the room and horror seeped through her veins at what she found... or rather what she didn't.
Mira's bed was empty. George and Aunt Alice were nowhere to be found, along with Gwen who was...
Wait!
