Aria's pov

　　The wind whipped at my face as I raced back to the palace with inhuman speed, my heart pounded in time with the frantic beat of my thoughts.

　　Eadric… The name alone was enough to send a shiver down my spine, but the rumors I had heard along the way, the whispers that spread like wildfire through the city were what truly chilled me to the bone.

　　When I heard he had been assassinated, I nearly went mad. The women there sent me questioning ...