Chapter 39

Silence. Sally could only weep even as a little smile touched the corners of her mouth.“Please answer this question for me, Madam Baski. If it was King Lucien in there, and you had the power to save him, would you save him or not?” she whispered.

Baski allowed the question to wash over her. Then she lowered her head, her heart heavy. They both knew the answer to that question.

“And what about Sir Chad?” Sally continued in a whisper. “If it was King Lucien in such trouble, wouldn’t he do everything within his power to save the king—including dying for him?”

“Oh, Sally.”

“And what about Sir Declan?” she whispered tearfully.

Baski clutched her heavy heart at the mention of him.

“He died in Mombana—for his king,” Sally supplied. “And all of you would do it over and over and over again for him with a smile on your face, because that’s how much you love and want to protect King Lucien.”

Baski wiped the tears that kept coming from her eyes. She stu