DONOVAN

I looked at Maya and she looked at me, the call was on speaker, she could hear. Both of us were shaking with terror at the order of the queen. My lips lingered, slightly parted, wanting to say something but no word was coming out.

“I'll be expecting you today,” her voice cut through my dull state, then she cut the call. I sank to the bed, breathing with difficulty, with my mind sailing very far off.

“What's that?” Maya rounded her arms over me, her eyes dwelling on me with so much sorrow, her body tight over me. She held onto me tightly, resting her head on my...