Lyla

I'm shocked when the door to my room swings closed behind me.

My dark and empty room felt hollow. Rashid… left me?

I tried to make sense of it.

When we’d come back to this side of the palace and made our way upstairs, I expected him to bring me to his room and finish what we’d started this morning, but all he’d done was open the door to mine and shove me inside before closing the door behind ...