Peace with myself. Peace with the shattered pieces of my life. The ability to sit in a room and not think of the screams and torture that once plagued me.
Maybe I needed to learn how to let go of the past before I tried to avenge it.
I walked to the window and pressed my palm to the cool glass. The palace grounds stretched before me in lush greens and winding paths. It was beautiful here, serene too. The kind of place little girls might dream of living in. And for once, I wanted to dream too.
I wanted to explore the palace. To walk barefoot in the gardens. To learn the names of the flowers and the secret paths through the hedge maze. I wanted to feel the mate bond, truly feel it. To understand it and to live it.
But I also knew I couldn't stay in this dream forever. Not truly. One day,
