---- An apocalypse.


    That''s what it will be.


    Robin told me...


    I should have believed her.


    I was a fool- The entire cell stiffens and every ones eyes steer to her.


    Lucas us the first one to grab her hand.


    His defeated eyes from earlier, look full of resilience now.


    Robin! Did you say Robin? The woman Sarah looks at all of us in confusion and hear my own heart thud in my chest.


    Yes.


    She...


    she was kept in your cell before all of you.


    She was the only friend I ever made in this sick ce.


    But I guess...


    for test 2 and I haven''t heard from her since.


    She is gone now.


    They took her Did...


    did she have soft brown eyes...


    an oval face...


    short..


    Boy cut hair? Before I know I had reached her and my hands held ---- the rods separating us in a tight grip.


    Yes, She even asked me to light thentern in her memory.


    Maybe she hoped someone woulde save her...but s..


    I guess no one did.


    ---- Chapter 423 Something stings my eyes, forcing me to look away from her memory.


    That...


    that must have been my Princess''s final wish before she was taken.


    She knew we were out here.


    It was her sign, her desperate message for us toe and save her.


    And we did only toote.


    I couldn''t stop them.


    I couldn''t save her.


    We did, Lilly''s voice cuts through my guilt.


    We''re here because of thatntern.


    Robin is no one else but Princess Zariyan, Sarah.


    Her words carry a solemn pride.


    She led us all here.


    She is the seventh member of the Special Seven.


    Lilly''s tone softens, reverence seeping into her words.


    The bravest of us all.


    The weight of Lilly''s deration settles over the group.


    I nce around to find a newfound respect in every gaze.


    My chest swells with a bittersweet pride.


    I knew it.


    If theres one decision I''ll never regret, its the choice to give Robin that scroll on the fateful night.


    She deserved to be among the Special Seven more than anyone.


    My Princess has proven herself, again and again.


    The bravest of all.


    ---- I wish you were here to see this, Princess.


    Did she tell you why she came here? I turn to Sarah, my voice steady despite the storm brewing inside me.


    She came to stop the kidnappings, Sarah begins, but Jason interrupts.


    Of course, Commander.


    We all know Traise a hand, silencing him.


    That wasn''t it.


    It couldn''t be.


    Deep down, I had always known there was more.


    I watch as Sarah''s expression shifts, her voice trembling with a truth shes hesitant to share It was her mother.


    She came here searching for her mother.


    Her mother.


    Damn it.


    The realization crashes over me like a wave, dragging me into the depths of memory.


    Thad known it all alongthe way she stared at that letter on thenterns, the fire in her eyes when I refused to take her with us, the relentless determination that drove her to defy my orders.


    She never gave up on her