The Twiceborn Queen (The Proving book 2)
“He’d cried himself to sleep in my arms, but woke again with the movement and started crying again.
“Where are you going?” he asked as I set him down on my bed. He grabbed at me, desperation in his panicked grip. “Don’t leave me!”
“Shh.” I stroked his hair, but he kept crying. “There are things I have to do.”
I tried to pull away, but his panic mounted, so I caught his chin and forced him to meet my eyes. “Be calm. You will go to sleep.”
At once he sagged like a rag doll, and I l...aid him down and covered him with the sheet. It was only a light compulsion, and I felt absolutely no compunction about using it. Sleep would be the best thing for him.
An envelope lay on Ben’s pillow. My name was scrawled on the front in his messy handwriting. If I hadn’t been in such a panic when the attack began I would have seen it before.
The message inside was terse.MoreLess
“Where are you going?” he asked as I set him down on my bed. He grabbed at me, desperation in his panicked grip. “Don’t leave me!”
“Shh.” I stroked his hair, but he kept crying. “There are things I have to do.”
I tried to pull away, but his panic mounted, so I caught his chin and forced him to meet my eyes. “Be calm. You will go to sleep.”
At once he sagged like a rag doll, and I l...aid him down and covered him with the sheet. It was only a light compulsion, and I felt absolutely no compunction about using it. Sleep would be the best thing for him.
An envelope lay on Ben’s pillow. My name was scrawled on the front in his messy handwriting. If I hadn’t been in such a panic when the attack began I would have seen it before.
The message inside was terse.MoreLess
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