Chapter 73

Kaelia

The next day, the carriage rolled to a slow stop, the wheels sinking into the snow. I stared at the towering palace gates. The sight before me squeezed something sharp and unpleasant in my chest.

My hands clenched tightly in my lap.

This place was a graveyard of every past mistake I had ever made.

Nights spent practicing until dawn, trying desperately to be perfect; days spent chasing scra