Emma.
The hallway was dim, the morning sun just beginning to filter in, and yet, I could feel the cold down to my bones. Somehow the days were colder and I heard talk about the coming winter.
Winter in the city was different. We barely felt it. Just a few days of snow and then that was it.
But here, so close to the mountain and the vast forests, I had a feeling it would be much harsher.
I stood with my arms wrapped around myself, huddling under the thick jacket Cassidy had placed over my shoulders. The guards were already moving my belongings out of the royal guest room, carrying them piece by piece up the winding staircase.
It was a day after the rejection ceremony and I hadn't said a word to Kael. Neither had he seen or spoken to me either. Perhaps, the rejection also meant he w
