Liora found her daughter sitting next to the window as the first ray of sunlight slithered into her room. She didn't look like she had had a wink of sleep.
"Do you want to take a nap first?" She took her by the shoulders and led her to the bed.
"Just five minutes, then I have to get married to Archer," she moaned.
"Xander," her mother corrected.
"Yes Xander," Adalia pulled the covers over her head and closed her eyes.
***
Archer, Samson and a couple of men from the colony hid in the bushes outside the palace walls. They had been waiting there the whole night. At first they had planned to invade the castle in the dark but their numbers were nothing compared to the place guards that marched and flew over and around the palace walls.