It stung, and I wasn't even going to try to deny it. The meal sitting in front of me had lost its taste a long time ago, but I still forced myself to swallow it, spoonful after spoonful. Why? Because it was Alora's favourite and I didn't want anything that was going to sour her mood.
As she slowly picked at the plate in front of her, I couldn't help but feel like her mood had already been ruined, and by no one else asides me.
Shit.
I was a fool, and I'd only confirmed it this evening.
Even a toddler would be able to see how happy I was to see alora on stage a couple of hours ago. She looked regal, right from the moment she got into her designated seat, the moment she outbid Eliaz and the moment she was called to receive the contract.
Everything had been planned down to the last de
