ELDER'S BLOOD
“Charles didn’t come—Emma went into labor, and I told him to stay. Alex is a little banged up, but he’ll recover. Everything was going smoothly until this.”
“I need Serena,” I say again, the words heavier now. “She must be in so much pain.”
Vanda’s hand freezes for a moment before lowering the cloth. “If she hasn’t fled with your parents already, I’ll bring her here.”
“Fled?”
“It’s one of the first responses to a border breach.”
I swallow hard. “What if she blames me for Mark’s death?”
“People die during an attack, Elena. It’s chaos—you don’t know who’ll survive until it’s over. Mark… he died trying to escape the cells. I tried to save him, but in the chaos, it wasn’t possible.”
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