TIARA THORNELLS
I stood rooted to the spot, utterly stunned by the knight's sudden announcement. I couldn’t move. It felt as if time had stopped and when I blinked, they were all gone. Prince Zatan’s presence, so vivid only moments before, had vanished like smoke. All that remained was the broken chocolate bar, lying on the floor. It was shattered.
But I couldn’t bring myself to care about the chocolate.
My thoughts were spinning, consumed by the dreadful news that now echoed in my mind like a warning bell.
The thing we... mortals had feared most... had happened.
The Clawfords had attacked.
My heart pounded violently inside my chest. My knees gave way and I dropped to the floor, gathering the fragments of the chocolate bar with shaking hands. I hadn’t even realized I was trembling
