Chapter Five
The guard at my back made it hard to enjoy the walk through the palace. I knew I technically wasn't supposed to like it at all, given that I'd been taken from my life, put in a pretty dress, and made to come here, but it was hard not to find it beautiful. Every time we turned a corner, there was another exquisite piece of art or someone playing music without missing a single note. It was magical in a way I'd never experienced before.
A small part of me wanted to stay simply for this. The rest of me knew I had to get back to where I'd come from, even if it would take me a long time to even figure out where that was. Mother would be back in the morning and discover me gone, and I had no idea what she'd do. Could she find me at the palace? I wasn't sure. We hadn't travelled for
