IRIS
The household was up and I was pacing around the ground floor with Tint. One minute, I had been asleep and the next, I was woken up by an earthquake and a blaring noise of siren. Guards are fiercely guarding the entrance of the palace, making sure no one gets in or out.
Waiting for news was causing me more anxiety because I knew Xander could handle himself out there, his enemies should be the one worried. When the entrance door flung open, Tint and I braced ourselves but nothing could have prepared me for the scene that unfolded.
A bleeding Xander was carried into the house by some of his armies, orders were being carried out as they rushed him to Hilda's quarters. For some minutes, I could only stood there, shocked. By the time I recovered from my initial shock and made my way upstairs, the doors were closed, with Hilda not letting anyone in so we had to stand outside again, waiting for news.
