"For now, I've sent a team from the Nocturnal Order to the orphanage," Alderic said, "They'll remove the children still living there and take them somewhere safe."
Charlotte's chest tightened. "How many are left?"
"Only seventeen," Alderic replied. "Most of the others … are unaccounted for."
She closed her eyes for a moment, trying to hold back the anger and sadness building in her heart.
Seventeen.
Only seventeen children were left after all those years, and chances were, they were the ones who had just recently arrived at the orphanage.
The others—the ones who had lived there for years—had either disappeared or most likely died because of those horrible experiments.
Damon's jaw tightened. "Make sure your team treats them with care. They've already been through more than anyone should."
"They will," Alderic assured him. "We've assigned trained officers and a counselor to go with them. These children will never be left alone again."
