Chapter 31

"I can't believe he's gone," I mumbled as we stepped out of the hospital room. The doctors had wanted to do a few more tests on his body before moving it. The queen was still inconsolable and had refused to leave the room. Ashton was with her, trying his best to stay strong for the family. Before we'd left on the mission, Brooke had been sent to spend time with her grandparents at the queen's kingdom. It was an innocent enough trip for her because she had no idea that we would be off doing something so dangerous. It broke my heart to imagine how heartbroken she would be to find out about this. "I didn't expect things to turn out this way," Kevin sighed. "To think Malekh really killed him... Why didn't Jackson help him? He must have smelt the blood." "CaVaughn protected me from Malekh," I whispered. "Maybe if I wasn't there to hold him back, then this wouldn't have happened." Was there anything else I could have done? Coul