Moonfall Palace had never felt so alive.
After Kaelira rejected the Council’s plan, the palace buzzed with whispers. Nobles argued in the corridors. Servants exchanged frightened glances whenever she passed. The guards had doubled their patrols, and every entrance was heavily watched.
Yet despite all the security…
Kaelira couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was watching her.
She stood alone on a balcony overlooking the palace gardens, letting the cool evening breeze calm her thoughts.
“You’ve been avoiding everyone.”
Ronan’s voice came from behind her.
She smiled faintly without turning.
“I needed to think.”
He walked beside her, resting his arms on the stone railing.
“About Darian?”
“About everything.”
She sighed.
“I finally have a palace, a title, and people who bow ever
