Bab 71: A Cause For War

"Alpha!"

I jumped from the seat on which I was nestled in the massive balcony at my chamber and turned to the direction from which the loud call was coming.

It was Ben approaching.

"Ben," I said, waiting for him to stop and break whatever news he brought for me.

He stopped before me, breathing heavily. He must have come with a pile of bad news.

"What is it?" I asked.

"We have bad news." He announced.

From what I could see, his eyes were wide in despair, and his pulse was thumping faster than it ever did.

I signalled him to sit and rest before breaking the bad news he brought for me. 

He raised his eyebrows in surprise as though I had just done another crazy thing, but he obeyed anyway and sat down.

I waited for him to cool off before I shot him a go-on glance.

"The healers' chamber reported that Jenna was assassinated last night."

This was the worst bad news I ever got so far.