CAMELLIA'S POV
A violent jolt ripped me from sleep.
My eyes flew open just as the entire carriage lurched so violently that I was thrown sideways, my shoulder slamming painfully into the wooden wall.
A sharp gasp escaped me.
For a disorienting moment, I couldn't tell up from down. My vision was still blurred with sleep, my heart struggling to catch up with the chaos unfolding around me.
I grabbed the edge of the seat to keep from being thrown onto the floor.
Outside, the horses screamed, their hooves pounding the road in frantic, uneven rhythms.
The carriage lurched again, even harder this time. My trunk skidded across the floor and crashed into my leg.
"Easy! Easy!" the coachman shouted, struggling to calm the panicked horses.
I rapped my knuckles against the carriage wall. "What
