ATARIAH’S POV
My heels were beginning to ache from my continuous pacing. I woke up extremely restless. It's been days since the court ladies came by the house, ever since I insisted on learning about the history of the empire, they have kept their distance. Makes me worried that I might have asked after something I shouldn’t. But then, isn’t that the way it is meant to be? Am I not supposed to know the beginning of a place I am told to be a part of? They are hiding something, and it doesn’t look suitable for the supposed plan I am onto.
If I am going to play along, I need to find out about their core. It's not like I know what I would do with the information yet; I still want to know. I even went as far as reading the entire content of the ancient book I kept. There were still a lot of
