**ARABELLA’S POV**
Landon and I had planned to leave right after the battle, but Zion insisted we stay. He summoned all of the remaining warriors back to the castle.
All the guards had been killed, and Niko was dead as well. The mess from the conflict had already been cleaned up, and Zion looked around the castle with great pride at being home again.
They had extinguished the fire in the corner room where I had set the guards ablaze, and Zion knew that any damage done to the castle could be repaired. However, the place had a much darker appearance now, and Zion was not pleased. He wanted to restore it to how it had looked before Niko took control.
A delicious aroma wafted through the castle, and Zion announced that preparations were underway for a massive feast. He claimed it was the
