Chapter Forty-Eight
The hallway that led to the throne room seemed both too long and too short. Part of me longed to get this entire matter over and done with, even if it meant facing my own death. I was beyond tired of the machinations of Tashidi and Akil, and I knew they would not rest until either they were dead, or I was.
Another part of me dreaded the uncertainty of what was about to happen, turning my feet to lead. How was any of this even happening? My entire existence over the past several days seemed to have transformed into an endless nightmare of treachery and danger.
The only light came from Tahlia.
If everything that had happened was only a dream, it meant she was a dream as well. And if I allowed myself to believe that, I knew I was lost.
And so we inched our way along t
