Chapter 64

• VLAD
• For three days, loved ones patiently waited for the doctors to say the wounded would heal completely. Empress Elowen had ordered Aera's return. My mother had prolonged Aera's departure. She stated she wouldn't risk her life or ours. She believed that if anything happened to Aera, the empress would take it on us.
• "Everything is packed." Zulrak patted my shoulders. "Are you going to tell her?" His eyes landed on Aera's slumbering form.