Emergency Alert

"We're under attack," the servant briefly explained. "King Calarian has passed instructions to evacuate everyone from the premises to the inner chambers now."

"Under attack?" Daphne echoed, stunned. She wondered for a second if she had been hallucinating the instructions― she wasn't sure she was awake enough, after all.

However, the servant was still present no matter how hard she blinked. In fact, she seemed even more hurried the more confused Daphne appeared.

"Please, Queen Daphne, you must make haste," the servant insisted, guiding her through a path lit up by light green sigils. Daphne realized nearly everyone was moving in the same direction, as though they were fleeing from a disaster. 

"What's happening? I can't just leave like this― and Zephyr!" Daphne paused, frantically turning around. "Did you guys take Zephyr?"