CHAPTER 12
AVA’S POV
My muscles were stiff and my throat was dry as I stirred awake. The sun wasn't even fully up yet. The morning light reflected through the heavy curtains, doing nothing to warm the cold air of the royal suite. After discovering that note on my pillow last night, sleep had been impossible.
When I finally pulled open the heavy oak door to check the hallway, I froze. The usual pair of guards had been replaced by four huge warriors wearing heavy armor. Down the corridor, a couple of young servants carrying water buckets kept their heads down facing the floor, whispering only when they thought no one was looking.
Draken had taken the threat seriously. There was no denying that. But as I closed the door and leaned my back against the wood, a suffocating feeling pressed in
