Defiant Loyalties

[ POV: KAELIA BRYNN HALLOWAY ]

Frustration boiled through my veins. I stormed down the dimly lit stone corridors of the massive palace, my footsteps striking the ancient floorboards with a sharp, unforgiving rhythm. Lord Rafe’s patronizing commands played on an endless, maddening loop in my head. I was furious at his sheer arrogance. He treated human lives like disposable pawns on a grand chessbo