* * *~*ALINA POV*~* * * “-and then he said ‘lets get this over with’, like, what does that even mean?” I groan. “We were just together, about to… you know, and then he just forgets it like that!” My hands were very animated during my tale of what’s happened the past couple of days with me and Caden. My mom continues to soothingly stroke my hair, listening intently, as we rest on her bed. The best I can do with my brothers bulging in her stomach is having a pillow propped up on her side, but it’s nice being coddled. We got back in this late morning, and true enough, the castle was like a fortress. Guards stood at every door, and multiple guards at every window. Before we even sat foot in the courtyard, Tink was already sifting mom to us, who was sobbing almost hysterically. I would sa

