EVELARA
‘From this day forward, you'll stay in the palace. By my decree…’ The words were ringing in my head like a chant, stinging me each second with the weight of it.
I let out a sharp intake of breath, piercing through the grave silence, surrounding me like a heavy cloak.
Lying on the softest sheets of the palace bed, I sighed in silence, my eyes were wide open, completely sleepless, staring at the high vaulted ceiling painted with silver moons and wolves.
The sheets were impossibly soft, the pillow laced with lavender, and yet I couldn’t settle. My chest ached like something was missing…
I glanced at the back of my mind; Dravara was awake as well, leaning leisurely against my mind.
‘You seem too quiet…’ I muttered. She hadn’t spoken much after I was sort of forced t
