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ARIELLA
When the night ebbed off to bring the dawn, I watched Brayden sleep peacefully beside me. I wanted to fall asleep and relax in his arms, but the night was over, meaning that our world of nothing else existing didn’t exist anymore. The evil was still there, lurking behind the corner and waiting to strike; I had to face it head on.
Dressing back in my white gown from the night before, I draped my blue cloak over my shoulders and quietly walked out of the house and out onto my land. The ice was smooth as I ambled across it, and I wondered what it would feel like to have ice skates and be able to dance and glide around on them. It didn’t matter, though. All that mattered was that my court was strong and ready.
The sound of hooves beating across the ground vibrated through the tr
