Chapter 91

Brielle heard the words but couldn't comprehend their meaning. There was too much buzzing on her ears. She had to ask the question again. "W-where did you say he went?"

"He's dead," the King repeated. His smile was gone. "Your father is not like us, and this is not like Earth. You would have known that the moment you went here."

"So he just what? Died?!"

To be given so much hope and to have it snatched away after mere seconds was not only bad, it was cruelty. Brielle's...