Ormr and I went through the portal before lunch, having seen more than enough fighting for one day. We sat at one of the tables in the dining hall, snacking on whatever was placed on the table before us.
“You don’t want to eat a huge meal before the fight, but you also don’t want to eat nothing either.” He went on explaining, but I couldn’t focus.
Seeing Maximus sitting next to his father in those stands left my stomach in knots. He wore some of the finest clothes I had seen him ever wear, even the way he sat there looking over the crowd until his eyes had rested on mine. The authority he had over everyone was felt throughout the crowd. He was meant to be the Prince, to be the next King. But would I look out of place next to him as his Luna? Would I fit in with that crowd?
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