CHAPTER TWENTY
The sound of somber music playing in the throne room reached my ears through the closed doors, my levels of anxiety knowing no bounds. I glanced around me but only the guards and the page were present. The feeling that now was the time when a crown would be put on my head and I would be announced the Queen of Varci, had a different effect on my soul than I had anticipated. Partly, I knew it had to do with the early morning scare of King Leon when he ambushed me in my chambers. I had waited for this day for ages and now that it was here, I had no idea what exactly I was supposed to feel. Should I be happy that even though I was a bastard, I was going to be a queen of a powerful kingdom? Or should I be terrified that with the new title there would be more enemies and having t
