CHAPTER 36When Lumina walked into court the next day, she fought to keep her stomach from tying itself into knots. But she’d been lying and hiding her intentions from her father for seven years, so when he greeted her, she smiled easily, pretending there was nothing wrong.
She carefully ignored Waldien, who was on the Royal Guards of the Phoenix and standing behind her father’s throne. He didn’t acknowledge her either. Both of them were playing their parts—and today, it was more important than ever.
She sat on the smaller throne beside her father’s much grander one as the nobles approached and greeted them. Lumina had once thought that her father’s throne was extravagant and imposing, but after seeing Milorth’s, she felt differently.
King Arro’s throne was gold, with red cushions, an el
