NOVENA
I’m back in Zelus’s lavishly designed chambers after having confronted Emmaline. I have never treated her like that before... So brutally cold and heartless, but then again, she isn’t really my best friend. She’s a traitor to the crown and I can’t fathom a reason why my father would pardon her regardless of what she gave back. My people have a right to know that we have another potentially old foe right next door to us. It appears that I’m much further out of the game at court than I previously thought.
“Novena?” Zelus calls.
“What?” I snap, fuelling my rage because I don’t want to let the hurt in.
I can feel my body trembling from sheer emotion and I’m desperately trying to be strong. But how does one even come back from this? How do I trust again?
“Maybe that was too soon.”
