The King and Queen had been standing there for less than a minute, but the way Aakifahlynn's mind was activated and running full speed ahead, she felt as if twenty whole minutes had passed while they stood there.

And suddenly, out of nowhere, Jairus leaned in closer to her ear and said, Oh, sweetie, I did not get the chance to speak with you, but it seems Elder Raul Zev is missing. His wife said he did not come home last night."

And it took Aakifahlynn a while to grasp what he'd said. It's not like she forgot that she killed a man. She was just caught off-guard, and she...