Three Things

Tears rolled down Raziah's eyes at the realization that her father had already passed away. Her mother squatted down next to her father, took his hand, and planted a soft kiss on his knuckles...then another on his forehead.

Everyone could feel Mirabai's aura becoming heavier. The room's air was becoming thicker by the second, and one could clearly see that the veins around the Queen's neck had popped out. Her breathing was hitched, and there was a maddening look growing in her eyes, making her look almost as terrifying at the creatures that had attacked them.

Raziah thought she had seen her mother break down once before, but that was nothing compared to the barren and cold look that fixed and filled her mother's gorgeous eyes as Mirabai stood up.