Aetius' nerves were going haywire every long minute Cornelia stayed unconscious next her father's tombstone. The cemetery was already giving him creeps and it didn't help that Felix was as quiet as a grave!
"Felix." Aetius called him. Felix was sitting on the dirty ground at a distance, next to a tomb, staring into empty space. At least that's what anyone else would think if they saw him. However, Aetius wasn't as easily fooled. He saw Felix looking east where a patch of forest stretched, the same stretch they passed on their way into the Siren City.
Felix came to him, "What?"
"Is your sister here too?"
Felix pointed to the tomb he was sitting next to, "Right there. She was not a royal but Cornelia wanted to keep her here."
"I understand." Aetius cleared his throat. It was getti
