I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. -Abraham Lincoln.

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*Lilac*

He is leaving the palace, or rather we are leaving the palace. I don't know what to feel, I've only been there for two days so I can't say I will miss anything there. Still...

The silence is deafening. Tension so thick, a knife would cut into it like it is sliding through a pack of butter. My heart is making thumpity-thumps against my chest and I can only grip the seat belt, biting my lips as I try to stay...