Lysara’s POV Neither of us moved an inch. The quiet corridor that lay between us was filled with unsaid things that we both seemed unable to voice first. Kaelor stood just a few steps away from me, staring at me in disbelief as if nothing made any sense anymore. I could hear the partying noises coming from the other end. Music. Laughing voices. Applause. Celebrations for the crowns that had turned the tide of power within Silvercrest. But in this corridor that separated the two of us, it was just Kaelor and I. The man I loved. The woman who he believed to be dead. And all the years that had passed since both these facts became true. His eyes were searching mine again. I could see the exact moment when memories and reality began clashing with each other. The way I carried my

