Chapter 33

Kaelia

The box was light in my arms, yet I held it close as if it were the most precious thing in the world. For the first time in a long while, I was genuinely pleased with how the day had gone. Everything had turned out exactly as I wanted.

I let a smile curve across my lips as I walked down the quiet path, the forest humming softly around us. The bidding house was far behind now, the noise of