No one had been expecting the quake and no one had expected the blast either. He had been in the room with the general before all the destruction. When he came to, he was underneath the entire thing, but he didn’t dwell on that. The king was first and foremost.

The communication was dead and there was no power in any part of what was once the great castle. Then he went checking for the King and he wasn’t in there. Neither were the other leaders. He was certain that he wasn’t dead. None of them were dead because there was no body.

Yes they have been given a fatal...