Chapter 44

• Nova filled the tray with biscuits and cheese. Her hands were vibrating with nervous energy. When Bastian said he needed to tell her things, she could never have dreamt of what those things were. Somehow her life, her very existence was tied into the madness of evil plots, betrayals, and more secrets than she knew how to handle.
• Pausing, she listened. He was still on the phone with his guard. Before that, he’d had to check in with the King in Alterealm, but not Troy. How many kings did the realm have?
• Looking at the tray, she tapped the counter on either side of it. Tea, this definitely called for tea—something calming, soothing, for her nerves that were all firing in her body at once.