Chapter 25
Keir
I think it’s best if you leave.
Back in his room, Keir stared at himself in the mirror over the basin in his washroom, contemplating the most confusing princess he’d ever known. He’d admired her strength and force of will, but in the face of her execution, her will seemed to be failing her now. But Keir wasn’t ready to give up. Not yet.
Splashing his face with cool water, he left his sparse rooms. Even as a prince of the realm, he had very little in the ways of luxurious comforts. Those were spared only for the king and the public areas of the palace.
The hour was early, and not even the maids were found going about their work in the dark corridors. The sun had yet to lighten the skies, but they could not afford to waste magic to light the halls at this hour. Keir hadn
