CHAPTER TWO. THE THOUGHT OF ESCAPING.

HARA.

The voices around me were indistinct, and it'd been that way for as long as I got here. It was the courtyard of the palace, and it had almost everyone in the kingdom. There were a lot of movements, and sometimes I felt them bump into me, but I was too lost in my agonizing thoughts to acknowledge whatever was happening around me.

Last night was the most terrible of all the nights I've had with Roland. Unable to resist his orders, ...