Alana's POV
I don't know what I expected, but getting back to the castle was making me feel ill. It was such a beautiful place, but it was also full of bad memories. As I stood in the entrance, I couldn't help but think of all the people who had died for it, and on the suffering my people had experienced. I felt angry again, something I thought I had left behind once I had decided to start over.
I felt overwhelmed as soon as we walked inside, and as we made our way to our room, I felt unease, I just hoped I had not made a bad choice by coming back. We entered the room and I saw the two beasts that had acted as my jailers waiting for us.
"Is this a joke?" I asked the Prince, taking my hand out of his and turning on him.
"What's wrong?" he asked, as if he couldn't understand.
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