Chapter 24

The remaining Dialorian shoved the princess into the orb in front of them. She sent helpless wails into a silent void.

"Shut up, Sariah."

Anniston's body felt numb. The wails drowned every other sound.

An image appeared in her mind. She saw herself in a shining white chamber, reaching for the princess.

"It will be okay, Sariah," she told the little girl.

Her voice reverberated through the chamber.

"I can adopt you," she told a trembling Sariah. “I know you don’t know me very well, but I can give you a safe place.”

"I want my mama," Sariah said, "but I'll live with you."