Soul mates…
"You and me. It was always supposed to be you and me."
Uther's eyes were shining with happiness and Kaida wished hers could match that glow too. She knew of their connection, had felt it many times too, but him pointing it out had one word ringing in her ears...choice. Something she realized she had never had.
As Uther spoke, her entire life flashed before her eyes. Highlighting everything about it that was not her own choosing.
Being a whisperer, her birth, the family that raised her, getting to the palace, meeting Uther. All of it had not been her choosing and she felt like a pawn meant only to be sacrificed for the greater good and others. With everything that was going on she felt like she was nothing but a whisperer meant to serve everyone else but her.
And while she
