POV : Alessia De Luca Volkov
The bow changed everything, not immediately, not dramatically.
The fortress didn’t erupt into applause. No declarations were made, no titles were officially granted yet something had shifted.
I felt it in the hours that followed. Council members who once ignored me now acknowledged me, guards opened doors faster, advisors included me in conversations instead of speaking around me. The change was subtle but real and strangely enough, it made me uncomfortable.
Power was easier to desire than to carry. By sunset, the entire fortress seemed restless. At first I couldn’t understand why then I started noticing the details. Servants moved through corridors with unusual urgency, security patrols doubled, steel gates that normally remained hidden inside the walls sl
