Ashley

I had been restless ever since the king told me we were getting married. Ever since that moment, plans for the ceremony had been moving forward without pause, and I felt like I was losing my mind. I could barely sleep at night. My thoughts wouldn’t stay straight for more than a few seconds. I hadn’t been able to eat anything either, not out of lack of hunger, but out of fear. The thought of being poisoned kept circling in my head. I couldn’t trust a single palace maid — not after my own friend turned her back on me and betrayed me. If she could do it, anyone...