The Surprise

The words from the guard landed like a stone in the pit of my stomach. Something has happened. That was all he had said, but it was enough to send my thoughts spinning into every possible direction. I straightened, the tension in the room thick enough to choke on.

“Stay here,” I told Sienna and Fiammetta. My voice was steady, quiet, but there was no softness in it now. They both froze where they w