KADEN DARKTHORN worked without rest. He discovered the rat in the palace in less than two days, having been working day and night to prove to his father and Morgana that he was capable of doing his work and that I didn’t have anything to do with the recent attack. He didn’t rest even for a minute and I could tell by the dark circles under his eyes. Swollen and blue. Like he didn’t sleep for one single day in a month. Kaden proudly presented the rat he found, which, not surprisingly, worked for me. One of the maids who would help Rosalie prepare the bath for me was crying and trembling in the middle of the throne hall where Kaden, me, Queen Morgana, and most definitely King Larkin stood around her. We were watching how she was slowly breaking down on her feet. If it wasn’t because of the

