CHAPTER 48
“Mother,” Caya screamed as she crawled to the bars separating her from her mother. “They took Cayla, muttering something about looking for a herb,” Caya said with stifled sobs.
“Cayla will be fine,” the witch replied with a glint in her eyes. “She was a powerful witch since birth. Nothing will happen to her.”
Cayla was tied up and walking on foot while the emperor and his entourage rode on their horses. She was tied up like an animal, dragged behind while they sat comfortably on horses.
She despised them for disrupting her life and making her walk under harsh conditions. She and her sister Caya were up north and hiding away as their mother instructed them not to draw attention. And the next moment, they were dragged by warriors and brought to the palace. It turns out that
