Evangeline's mind was still spinning, fragments of questions swirling in her head with no answers in sight.
Who were they and why on earth did they want her alive?
She was getting rather tired of all these numerous mysteries.
It was torturous.
She had barely begun to process what was happening when her body betrayed her.
The exhaustion, the thirst, the overwhelming flood of fear and relief, it all crashed down on her at once. Her legs wobbled, and before she could stop it…
Her knees buckled underneath her.
The last thing she registered was the Queen's sharp, irritated voice ringing out before everything went black.
"Bring them to the palace. Give them food and a place to stay."
And then the world faded.
~~~~~
Evangeline awoke to warmth.
For a moment, she thought she was somewhere else.
Perhaps heaven because she had died from dehydration.
