THORNE POINT OF VIEW.

I was barely done going over the council scrolls when two guards approached me in the courtyard.

“My lord,” one of them said, bowing, “The meeting in the neighboring town is set to begin before noon.”

I nodded, I hadn’t forgotten. I just hadn’t wanted to leave.

I went back to my chambers and dressed in silence, my thoughts drifting to Aria no matter how hard I tried to keep them away. Something about the air today felt off, like the calm before a ...