As I race back into the hallway, I think about returning to my room, but I don’t want to be idle anymore. Sitting around thinking is half of what got me into this mess. It’s what made me take such a foolish action as pouring my heart out to a man who has no capacity to accept it.
But just as I don’t want to be idle, neither do I want to head to the Hall, where I will be forced to watch the man I love marry another woman. I don’t care what Kira threatened, I absolutely cannot sit through this wedding.
I have to go somewhere else.
I know the palace is likely heavily guarded today. I won’t be able to slip out into the capital for any kind of relief. Wherever I go to hide has to be on palace grounds.
My feet lead me to the gardens. Some of the guests have congregated there. I dart past th
