Fifty-one:
Imperator Zale
She looks so helpless as she says the words. Find my sister. I’ve got all of this power and I should be able to do it. But I know that father will never allow it. Not in a million years. Something like looking for the Princess of Aeris could be construed as an act of war. Or establish us as guilty. And with Sirena here, about to become my wife, there is a quiet, tentative peace between our countries. I know Sirena is desperate, but I won’t let her ruin what she has so desperately wanted for years.
“Sirena,” I said, “you know that it isn’t that simple. Neri is an Aeris Princess. If I were to open an investigation into her disappearance, your brother could consider it an act of war. The whole reason that you are here is to prevent that. Do you really want to o
