~Rylan's pov~
I should be returning home by now. It's dark, and I need to rest. I didn't have breakfast, and I skipped out on dinner too. I chose to walk my way back to the new castle rather than fly. Taking in the small city next to Soleria. It's close enough that Zane might even claim it as a part of Soleria.
I stopped by a bookstore. A blonde woman was rushing back and forth, and her mumbles caught my attention.
"Astrea?" The granddaughter of an old cook, and the owner of the oldest library in… wyndora. Why is she here? So far away from her place of work.
"Hmm? Oh your majesty." She dropped to her knees, and pressed her forehead to the ground.
"Get up."
"Thank you." Her fingers hastily brushed her gown, and she looked at me with nervousness. "May I ask why you're here?"
"Curi
