Meanwhile, I was still seated on the sofa, staring out the window, lost in thought and dazed, without truly seeing anything, not until I adjusted and instantly noticed the light had shifted, as the sky was now bleeding into shades of amber and violet.
Realization struck me as it was sunset and Brielle still hadn’t returned from seeing my uncle’s wife.
‘More than five hours!’ I said internally as this sudden realization unsettled me.
Not that I was worried, but something about the length of her absence disturbed me as I knew what those two were capable of.
Sly forces my father once welcomed into this castle under the illusion of family unity.
Since he had believed blood would always outweigh ambition, he had believed bringing his brother closer would strengthen the throne.
He’d neve
