*Sterling POV*
I am 6 weeks from my 18th birthday. My cousin, Grace, and I leave for Brave River today to officially enter into our royal training. We have been technically training all of our lives for this, but it's getting down to the wire, and it's crunch time.
I had been procrastinating about packing my things, and since I still had a few hours before we left, I decided to turn on some music and take a nap.
Flipping through my Spotify, I decided on some old 90s hard rock. When I first started training, I had gotten used to listening to music while I studied, relaxed, went for runs, whatever I was doing. Now, I can't stand the quiet.
I must have fallen into a deep sleep, because I was awakened by my dad yelling at me. I had overslept, and realized that I had the music up louder tha
