Selena POV

I woke up feeling strangely excited, like something inside me had already been waiting for today. Marcus was already gone, but Zara was sitting on the edge of my bed with a wide smile on her face. She was here to fulfill Marcus' promise about taking me to many important places in the empire after training, and honestly, I couldn’t wait. This empire was still new to me, but everything I learned only made me more curious.

But firstly, we had training, real training, with the ...