Chapter 81: Odessa’s POV
The moon looked above the trees, as it casted a beautiful hue of silver over the path like it wanted me to follow it straight into madness and danger.
I shouldn’t have left the palace. The guard rotation was lighter than usual. Father had doubled patrols at the southern border—but I’d secretly trained alongside half those men since I could walk so they knew me well enough to look the other way when they saw me slip past the eastern wing.
I walked alone, my hood was up, covering my face well enough, while my breath fogged in the cold. And my heart beat like thunder under my rib cage, driven by one impossible truth...
Jon belongs to me.
I didn’t want to want him. The goddess knows I tried not to. But at the same time, she didn't ask permission when she decided t
