Raine

After Tavian left, we spent the next three hours entertaining guest after guest; and frequently multiple guests at the same time—dignitaries and royalty from all over the globe. It was exhausting.

Felaern and Sofielle also visited. There still seemed to be an obvious rift between them...even after two years. It made my heart hurt for them. I couldn't imagine the horrors she suffered at the hands of my bastard grandfather...or the terrible suffering Felaern endured believing she was dead. I knew what that felt like. I barely survived three months of devastation, thinking I'd lost Cage. He'd suffered centuries of torment and loss.

It also hadn't helped that one...