#Chapter 170 - The king’s cemetery

Hannah

Morning neared slowly; none of us had slept a wink. Wren, Sebastian, and I curled up on the couch while Raya started a fire in the fireplace. Liam sat on the love chair, and he looked pale and sick. Listening to the cackling of the fireplace soothed me, but my thoughts kept trailing back to my mother.

Could she be the heart?

I understood that Xander had channeled the moonstone powers into my mother; but why would he choose her if she wasn’t the heart? That wasn’t making any sense.

As the sun began rising and shining through the closed window curtains, the TV was randomly turned on. Jack was displayed on the screen; he stood in front of a podium, and he looked to be in the center of King City. The sight of him turned my stomach. He had a smug smile on his face like he had already won. But he had no idea we were coming back for him with a stronger force than before.

He wore a suit and had his blonde hair brushed back and gelled to perfection. The press was standing before him, a