**From The Ashes—Kamikaze Kitty**
When the Queen left that night, the envelope on the table disappeared as well with her exit.
And as morning came, Ember registered that it wasn't like the Queen to make a joke at her just for the sole reason of making her feel at ease. And as their last conversation drifted to her, it dawned on her that it was the Queen's nervous trait.
And the Queen hardly ever got nervous.
Which meant something really bad happened.
She remembered vividly the panic in the Queen's eyes when she bolted into her room in the company of Asborne. While that look was fleeting and barely lasted a minute, it held a certain craze. The kind of look mothers would wear when faced with the probability of losing their children.
