WINTER

We returned to Nytheris three days ago. Valtor has been leaving the castle more and more often, but I don’t blame him.

As for me, the preparations for the upcoming ceremony party swallowed me whole the moment we arrived. I can still hear the castle erupting with shock yesterday when Valtor made the announcement himself.

And it wasn’t just the castle, word had already spread across Nytheris, even to the other tribes. Several high-ranking council representatives appeared ...