KELILAH'S POV
Days had passed, yet there was still no sign of King Korvus.
Though I hadn't fully recovered, I resumed my normal routine, savoring the quiet days in the palace without his looming presence. Still, something about his absence unsettled me.
Nadia had told me he was on a trip to the northern kingdom, but I didn't believe her. It felt like a lie, a well-crafted excuse to cover something I wasn’t supposed to know. I pretended to accept it, though my heart harbored quiet resentment.
Resentment for how he had left me drenched in the cold rain, without an apology, without even a single glance of remorse.
The morning sun peeked through the windows of the kingdom of Bazil, casting long shadows across the dining hall. Birds chirped in the distance, and the occasional cry of an ani
