Sometimes I forget how close I am to Damen. I don’t mean friendship wise, I mean distance wise. I think I’m closer to his palace than mine. The ride there was silent minus the galloping of the horses. When we arrived, Damen was waiting on the steps and he had two guards by his side. We came to a stop and the driver came to open the door for me. Stepping out, the door closed behind me and I walked up the cobblestone steps. He greeted me with a bow and I gave him a light curtsey.
“Princess Olivia. What brings you here?” he asked as we walked inside the palace.
“No need to be so formal with me. I’m nothing like my mother. But to answer your question, I needed to get out of the castle. If I spend one more day there without seeing Isabelle, I might go mad. Since I can’t necessarily go to Isa
