Emma Spencer. “For thirty years they have searched for you, because you are the rightful heir to the northern throne, hidden in the south's heart.” That phrase echoes incessantly in my mind. In the last twenty-four hours, my life has changed drastically without being able to go back. The security that I felt yesterday morning when I woke up no longer exists. Nothing in my life is true. It makes me question whether I have guided every decision I have made by invisible forces orchestrating against one. My belief that one forges one’s destiny has been completely destroyed. A million questions constantly invade me, but one is the one that stands out every time I think about this whole situation: why? After they took my parents away, Peter took us back to his house. Maddie couldn’t st

