CHAPTER 16
The rest of that day moved in a set of blurred moments. Dragging Rham and Byron, who were snoring when I landed back in the citadel, back to their rooms. Running to mine and hiding the books under my mattress. Pretending to be asleep, then pretending to wake up when my caller servants brought me breakfast. Sitting in a council meeting where the high members basically rejected every plea for help.
My mind didn’t register the name of the cities or their problems. It didn’t even pay attention to Jaye’s attempts to irritate me. My mind focused on one thing and one thing only.
Meg.
It was only when the sun had set and my servants left me alone in my room with a tray of dinner, that I could finally untangle all the emotions that were growing in my heart like a spiderweb. I sat on
