*Silas*

My eyes fell on her the moment she entered the room, her ivory dress perfectly formed around her sculpted body. Her hair lay evenly around her shoulders. She looked around at all the faces staring at her, her amber eyes bright and alert.

Her chin was thrust out, her chest out, and her hands at her sides. She bore an air of authority and defiance. She would direct the room, not the other way around. But even as the King stood and welcomed her inside the room, ...