It felt like she was inside a bubble and she couldn’t hear anything aside from her breathing. Ariadne did not notice she was gripping the chair too tightly until she felt her finger hurting. She looked at Haris who was saying something as and yet she could only see him moving his mouth. She couldn’t hear what he was saying. All she could hear was the preternatural ringing of silence.
“Your Majesty,” she heard Haris called. His voice was now clear. Ariadne looked at him.
“He’s going to kill me to break his own curse?” she said, and Haris nodded gravely as if sympathizing with her now.
"Rowan is selfish. He wanted the throne. So he came to the witch who cursed his father told him he wanted the throne. The witch said the only way would be to have the curse for himself."
Ariadne was eve
