Year of the Roses

Floral Season

The Bathroom, the Palace

Altsas

Isla

I DIDN'T BREAK HIS NOSE. I didn't break Rakar's nose I muse as I run the washcloth over my arms, I want to scrub away the traces of Rakar on me.

I asked Lyza to wait for me while I take a quick bath and see climbed onto the four-poster bed and has been silent since. Maybe she's sleeping.

I asked her about Rakar; why she seems to hate him so much, why he acts like a rabbit on heat. I ...