"What was that?" Ana grasped her sheets a tremor shaking the room the midwives glanced at each other, they seemed to be equally confused, "My Queen, I don't know," one of them whispered, her eyes wide with fear. "It sounded like a battle cry, but there's no sign of any fighting outside."
Ana swallowed hard, her heart pounding in her chest. could that mean that? No, she shook her head there was no way Wesleynard would have survived the earthquake though she wanted to believe it she witnessed Malphus's power first hand.
"He was ambushed," She whispered, "There was no way he could've known." As Ana tried to calm her racing thoughts, she felt a sudden surge of energy within her. It was then that she realized she had forgotten about her pregnancy. She placed a trembling hand on her swollen belly, feeling the baby kick and move within her.
