14What would have taken months of healing in Alex’s world only took a couple of weeks within the Empire. When she asked Treyan how it was possible, he explained that in addition to the magic their realm possessed, their lives were so entwined by the power of the Prophecy that sometimes it seemed even time bent to its will. She remained skeptical, but grateful as his health and mobility seemed to improve.
Still, Alex grew restless.
Thoughts of home hadn’t dissipated, and she often found herself contemplating the possibility of leaving Treyan when he did, eventually, take her out into the Empire. Though she knew she wasn’t a prisoner, Treyan held true to that word as well: guards were posted along the palace’s walls separating it from the rest of the Empire, and though she was allowed fres
