My hands trembled slightly as I exhaled. “I’m scared,” I admitted, my voice barely above a whisper. “I don’t know what’s going to happen next. I don’t know what the King is going to do. Alexander and I are being discharged tomorrow, and we have to leave here and go straight to the palace.” I shook my head. “I don’t know what’s waiting for us when we get there.”
Sabrina was quiet for a long moment before she reached out, placing a hand on my arm. “You’ve survived everything they’ve thrown at you,” she said gently. “And you’re not alone in this.”
I let out a weak laugh, though it sounded more like a choked sob. “It doesn’t feel like enough.”
Sabrina squeezed my arm. “It will be. This isn’t a black and white issue, I’m sure that the king will understand the situation was too compl
