RONAN DARIUS
Everyone was talking about it!
I woke up that morning with the same tightness in my chest that had been bothering me for days. It wasn’t physical pain… no, it was the kind of fear that settled in your bones and refused to leave. I sat up on my bed, rubbed my hands over my face, and stared at the ceiling.
The dream again.
My father’s voice, loud and commanding, echoing through the halls of Lunaris Academy.
“Ronan, you cannot hide from your duty.”
I had woken up drenched in sweat. And I hated that dream because every time I closed my eyes, I saw myself being dragged back to the palace, straight into the political marriage I had run away from.
I climbed down from the bed and walked to the window. Students were moving about, preparing for class, laughing like nothing was w
