Chapter 30

Selah’s POV

The music died.

The air shifted.

Everyone turned.

The guard was breathing heavily, his armor slightly scuffed, his face pale.

Darius’s grip on me tightened.

His voice was calm. Too calm. “Say that again.”

The guard swallowed. “The border, Your Majesty. It’s been—”

A loud boom echoed through the castle, shaking the chandeliers.

Screams erupted from the nobles.

Some women clutched at the