POV: Gina
I never understood loneliness until now. In my last life, I lived alone. Even when I wanted company, I went to bars or on a few dates, but I never truly missed anyone or anything.
I always thought I could handle everything alone. But since leaving Prince Caleb's side when he headed for the battle, everything feels wrong, like I'm missing a piece of myself.
The enormous palace still buzzed with activity. Soldiers moved through corridors. Some senior guards still barked orders into communication devices as the servants hurried between wings carrying supplies.
Yet beneath it all lingered a strange emptiness.
I stood on the balcony outside Caleb's chambers long after the war convoy disappeared beyond the mountains.
The last thing I had seen was the prince climbing into one of t
