#Chapter46

ISABELLE’S POV

Suddenly the cart stops and I become worried. Why did it stop? We can't reach the town so soon. From what I remember, the town is quite far from the palace. What made the man stop the cart? I pray to God that it starts moving again.

“Why have you not opened the gates? You seem to be new here. Open the gates so that we can go”. I hear the man’s voice. The gates did not open? Why? This means that we are still within the palace’s boundary.

“I am not new. I am Barden, the head of all the soldiers who are appointed for the...