The Unsworn Truth

[KAELIA BRYNN HALLOWAY]

I am stricken by the sight of the empty vial.

My eyes back from it to the prince, a breath trapped against my lips.

"I am well aware you were meant to take it," he states, as he studies me from across the chair, "Something to do with you father."

My heart is a rapid beat within me. In that moment, I think of a hundred ways to lie. To refute. It was almost as if a mere refle