Chapter 404 I Won't Be An Absent Queen

• The sun was barely up, and the palace was already moving again. No one had stopped working after the announcement, each person keen to show that they were contributing just as much as the warriors that were risking their lives.
• Finally, the corridors were full of footsteps, lifted voices, and the steady, hopeful sounds of people who finally knew that things were going in the direction that they wanted.
• Ann sat at her desk with a mug of tea that had gone cold two hours ago and Coral stood across from her, reading updates from a pile that never seemed to shrink. Eva had stationed herself at the table that had been set up with the communication equipment in the corner, her headset in place, and eyes fixed on the small screen that handled the constant stream of messages from the field.