Chapter 86

Iris

The palace is too quiet. Not silent. Expectant. Like it knows I’m about to do something unforgivable. Like it’s waiting to collapse. Like a house of cards. Like the walls know I’m about to do something I’m not supposed to, and that’s threatening this whole place’s existence.

Welp, not my problem.

I tug on my boots. I’m wearing yesterday’s dress, and pad down the hallway. No shadows tail me t