“What have you done?” Torrin demanded.
I said nothing.
“You wanted peace? You wanted to avoid a war? You wanted to save your people's lives? Killing that king tonight was your answer. The Dark Kingdom would have had no choice but to surrender.” He pointed his dagger at me. “You just cost lives, your people’s lives.”
I rose to my feet. “Tonight was a trap, all along.”
“Of course it was, Princess. Strategic. We could have stopped this war before it even started tonight by killing him. But you helped him escape. Why?”
I took a step back. I couldn’t tell him why.
I said, “It… it wasn’t right. He came under the impression of peace.”
“No.” Torrin shook his head. “No, Erevus knew all along there was no peace to be had. He came for image.”
Torrin walked towards me. I kept taking st
