The carriage rocked, lulled me back to sleep and my head was laid down to rest on Arianna's lap.
Her fingers caressed me gently, playing with my hair, and even though I needed to sleep, to make it feel like time flew by fast but I never did. I just needlessly shut my eyes.
Upon my awakening, the castle was in an uproar for multiple reasons.
The minor reason...
The inability to find me in the vicinity and then found me in a bloody mess in my own blood.
The major reason...
A royal decree summoning the ducal couple to attend the National Banquet held in Capital Rask was sent it. Defying a royal decree meant death.
Cursed everything.
If I could pile things up in a single word, I would already be cursing it out loud but none... not a single word could describe the bloody mess and ca
