Weeks later, I was on my way back to the Palace, I had stayed away for as long as I could but there was no other way for me to prolong my stay anymore. I had run out of excuses and time. Arius sent a messenger to tell me to come home with my second in command and my overgrown pet, his exact words which meant the news of my actions that night and day at the forest had already spread round. I knew that more people would be looking to see me but I was not in the mood to play a good hostess but I didn’t have a...