Bailey
I watched her go, anger burning in my heart even as dread filled me. Her words were stuck in my head like an awful anthem I couldn't stop chanting. Welwyn was suddenly at my side, my lips stretched into a fake smile, not wanting him to find out about Camilla.
“Are you okay?”
All I could do was nod softly in response to him.
We were already at my door when the royal guards appeared, surrounding us on every side.
“The council in court summons you.”
He stiff voice made my skin riddle with goosebumps. Even though I had practised a bit, the words of Camilla made my heart flutter. Welwyn stood, unusually quiet and complacent as the guards led me away. This wasn't the Welwyn I knew.
I struggled to keep pace with the guards as they led me to what was obviously the back door of the
