Eve’s Point of View I couldn’t believe that I was truly free from the Dark Place. Again. When my feet touched down in the Palace that had so quickly, if only briefly, become my home, I couldn’t stop myself from crumbling to the floor and kissing the ground. “Oh my sweet, Eve! You’re alright!” The queen rushed to kneel by my side and wrapped me in a hug. “Thank goodness!” I heard the king call from the doorway before joining his queen on the floor to embrace me. The feeling of lovingness that so thickly coated the physical contact was surreal. I clasped onto the Richard's arm and buried my face in Nova's hair, which quickly became soaked in my tears. “Well, well, well. Look who made it out of the Dark Place again.” Lucian’s voice was smug, but I didn’t miss the relief that laced his wo

