Aria's/Lysara's POV

I stayed four days being forcefully bedridden before Alpha King Kael would let me leave the bed and walk around the palace.

And the first day I got the freedom to walk around, Eira was my first stop. I wanted desperately to see her, to see how she was faring. I had only heard she has been released since three days ago, and she hadn't come to see me. Not even once.

I didn't know why my stomach tightened as I approached her door, limping, my feet dragging on the stone ...