Zuri

The chamber was heavy with silence, the kind that was always there after too many voices have pulled you in every direction. Why were my people so noisy anyway?

I couldn’t hear the nobles anymore. I couldn’t hear their endless praises or petitions. All I could hear was my own pulse and Tyr’s footsteps behind me as I dragged him into my room.

He looked amused at first, that crooked smile curling on his lips as he folded his arms loosely across his chest as if he already knew what I ...