Lyle
My brother left to find his daughter and left his two youngest to me.
He didn’t have to say it. He knew I would take care of everything while he was gone, the way I had before, during the war. I knew what needed doing. I didn’t need orders for it. There was only one thing that mattered now, and it wasn’t the kingdom or the council or the crowns still under our roof. It was keeping the ones we had left safe. We were not going to lose anyone else. Not while I was breathing.
So I did what I knew how to do. I checked the guards on the twins several times a day, though I didn’t need to. Ivan had not left their side since the night it happened. The great polar bear planted himself by their cribs and refused to move, and I’ll admit the sight of him there did more to settle me than any ros
