Chapter 119 - Wrath of Valtheon

With her heart racing with rage and shock, Sylara's fingers tightened their hold on the reins as her horse thundered back to Valtheon down the path. She kept thinking about Kaveh's icy and uncaring declaration of her sister's passing, "Your sister is dead” he had said, his tone flat and his eyes without sorrow. Even worse, he had denied her access to the palace so she could see Sonya's child or body, there was a terrible problem. Even though Kaveh had always been aloof, this was outright evil. Sylara's jaw tightened as the trees sped by her in the last of the daylight, she had always looked to Sonya for guidance, protection, and advice. And now she was gone, with no reason or explanation. The idea twisted like a dagger in Sylara's stomach. But what tormented her more than the pain was the skepticism Kaveh had something to hide, there was no other reason. He had planned this, as evidenced by his cold detachment and unwillingness to show her Sonya's body, and the fact that he hadn'