Kalai The place was familiar. Yes, it was Inadi’s throne room. But where was my mother? Why wasn’t she here? The sun was already up, but she was nowhere here. I also noticed that the room was empty aside from me being here. That was odd. I tore my gaze away from the throne when I heard someone open and close the huge double doors. My eyes widened to see Nystru come striding in with a bloody sword in his hand. His smile was pure evil as he looked at me. “Nystru?” I was confused. “Hello, Kalai. Did you possibly think you could kill me just like that?” he drawled, circling me. I swallowed hard, heart pounding against my rib cage. “What did you do, Nystru?” My eyes wavered, thinking that he could h