Chapter 256: The New Queen Part 1

I'm awake now.

The slumber has washed off, sliding into the distance to make room for a reality that doesn't seem real. But Vix is standing over me, dressed in her black gear, the helmet lodged between her arm and hip. She's ready to leave.

"Maris informed me that Queen Ravan has been found in her room, a knife wound to her heart."

"She killed herself?" Pratt gasps.

"What is it?" Mae stirs. "What's happening?"

"They do not believe it was suicide," Vix rejects the suggestion. "They believe she was murdered. I am told Princess Ariana still went to her last night and when the princess left, she did not fear for her mother's mental condition."

"The queen was killed?" Mae pales, sitting up.

"Sampson wants everyone in the Dining Hall. Now. The safety of the FH has been compromised," Vix motions to our discarded pile of gear. "Please don your suits in case we must travel to the surface."