ALDRIC

"Your Highness, this woman is dealing with the Dark Realm! Look at my brother—he doesn’t even remember us. She’s convinced him he’s her grandson and does everything she commands!"

The woman threw herself at my feet, sobbing.

"She’s blackmailing me with my brother’s life and my parents, who are prisoners in that hut, just like she tried to blackmail Valeria. Look—look at what she’s wearing around her neck!"

She lunged forward, ripping a locket from the other woman’s neck amidst screams an