Unexpected Change
Nya’s shoes slid as she rocketed around the corner in a hurry to get to the throne room where her family awaited her. She was supposed to be there ten minutes ago, but her training with Rok had kept her longer than usual, and by the time she’d gotten the message that the king and queen were waiting for her, she’d had to rush to put on presentable clothes and get her hair up as she was supposed to wear it in their presence.
Then there was the matter of not smelling like she’d been outside sword fighting in the hot sun for hours. That had taken some time to hide as well. It wasn’t as if she’d had the hour it took for a bath to be run and for her to soak the stench away.
She took the last corner a little too quickly and almost slid into the wall on the other side of the w
