Alyssa continued crying for a few more minutes. She stooped, crying because she knew that she would need more than her tears to see her son. So, she stood up from the bare floor that she was sitting on, and she went out of the corner.

The sky was already getting a bit dark and according to her guess, it was probably thirty minutes past six already.

She started walking towards the house again, but this time, she was extra careful, looking out for the guards that told her to leave the palace minutes ago. She stopped in her tracks when she saw that one of the guards that sent...