ELORA
My heart beat a frantic rhythm as the day’s activities caught up with me. How had everything gone bad so quickly?
Just when I was happy with my life, getting used to my work at the library and the beautiful nights I spent with Lucy and my siblings.
Deep down, I had not expected to have a normal life as the child of a man labelled a traitor but I didn’t think the problems I had escaped from in Alkarod would come back to sting me.
The king's cold words rang in my ears as I followed to my new chambers in the Royal wing of the Castle. I had been very wrong to assume he would be different from all the other men I had experienced.
I gave a shaky breath as the King’s Advisor slowed his steps, willing my burning face to cool. My hands were clammy with sweat as fear of what the night wou
