Chapter 14
Tierney
“You must eat something, my Lady.” Ariella stamped her foot impatiently. “It’s been nearly four days, and you’ve hardly taken a bite.”
“I refuse.” Tierney sat against the arm of the settee with her feet up, staring out the window. She was listless, her mind wandering from one thing to the next with little interest in her surroundings.
“I promise you, starving yourself will not help your situation. You will face the king soon, and trust me, you will need your strength for that.”
“Did you know the fire plains are made up of an untold number of active volcanos?” Tierney stared at the cloudy horizon, imagining she could just make out the smoke from the Eastern Vatlands that stood between her and her family. “The lands around them flow with lava. What manages to grow the
