-Raven-
I shouldn’t have stayed. I should have gone back home, but I remained there until morning. I even brought the prince some food as I watched him sleep.
Perhaps the reason I stayed was because I was trying to understand something. Why didn’t I feel the same anger and hatred toward him as I had the first time I saw him? I couldn’t figure it out, and I spent the entire night pondering it.
“Go back to your tent, Raven. I will look after him,” Dimar said.
I managed a small smile at the healer, though I was reluctant to move. I wanted to stay—why?
“Sure,” I replied, rising to my feet.
I walked past Dimar and stepped outside. The sun had just begun to rise, providing enough light to guide me to my tent. My parents were still asleep, and I was grateful for that. I quietly made my wa
