Four days later,

Lily was heading back to the palace after another day of meeting with high-profile men and women in Hamidin. The kingdom was growing and thriving, and the best of all was that Aziz was getting better and was even standing up on his own.

She could no longer contain her happiness, and it seemed as though the driver could not drive any faster. In less than half an hour, she was home, and before the driver could unlock the door for her, Lily jumped out of the car and ran into the palace.

Once again, the palace seemed strange, as though something terrible had happened, but that...