ELORA

My heart beat a frantic rhythm as the day’s activities caught up with me. How had everything gone bad so quickly?

Just when I was happy with my life, getting used to my work at the library and the beautiful nights I spent with Lucy and my siblings.

Deep down, I had not expected to have a normal life as the child of a man labeled a traitor but I didn’t think the problems I had escaped from in Alkarod would come back to sting me.

The king's cold words rang in my ears as I followed to my new chambers in the Royal wing of the Castle. I...