MARIETTA
I had had a question on my first night in the palace and that was: How long was I going to spend here?
I hadn’t minded staying in the Dragon Empire forever because I had nothing to go back to in the Northern Kingdom but when I asked Crista if she was going to stay here, she had told me that she would go back to the Northern Kingdom someday. I had promised Crista’s brother that I would protect her even though she could do a better job at protecting herself than I ever could. I had also promised him that I wouldn’t leave her side so if Crista was to leave the Dragon Empire, I would be leaving with her. But Milan didn’t need to know that since Crista definitely wouldn’t be leaving soon… She might even change her mind.
“Milan…” I started and slowly walked towards him. “No… No, I do
