I was summoned during the night, the light not quite in the sky, the world hidden in shadows. The longest day was gone and the rest of the season now seemed bleak. I was unable to shake the feeling of being trapped within the walls of the palace with something evil that had begun to take me over. I was thankful AAta had stayed. He had changed into his normal clothing, his men posted outside the room running and getting some for him as he folded away the beautiful suit. It had fit him well, and for the short period of time before the panic set in I had been able to admire him in my handiwork.
He hurried along with me as my honor guard and Tsukimine as my personal maid, the two of them grim faced as we expected to attend an execution. My father's orders of secrecy and the hour making it cl
