Chapter 27.
Alyssa's POV.
Trying to relax myself, I clasped my knees to my chest, but my mind kept racing. How had everything gone so terribly? I was battling with everything I had one minute, then here, caught, helpless.
The weight of the relic rested mostly around my neck; its once-warm light now cold and faint. The door cracked open, and I looked up to see the king walking in two guards aside.
