All were shocked.
A brother of the King had survived? Cessilia noticed first Ashen's fist closing tightly. He was clenching it so tightly his knuckles were going white, and he was faintly shaking. He was visibly furious, and not happy in the slightest. She guessed he was completely unaware one of his step-siblings had survived. The anger on his face meant this wasn't his blood brother, but one of those boys his father had adopted, one of his former rivals he had told her about. Cessi knew him well enough. Despite the circumstances, no matter what he said, Ashen would have been relieved to see his younger brother back to life. This wasn't anything like that. Plus, that man didn't even remotely look like the White King... They only seemed to be of similar age. She couldn't remember if Ashe
