Katherine’s POV
Inside her condo, in Armedia, Katherine sat at the edge of her chair, staring at a blank canvas sheet, her gaze fixated on the white while her mind was in turmoil. She found herself lost in thought, unsure if it was her or Lilith who sighed within her chest, a faint longing she couldn't fully ignore. Ever since her visit to her father’s grave, emotions had become harder to untangle, like threads of gold and shadow weaving endlessly in her mind.
Anthony.
At once Lilith went to work on fading him from her thoughts as she fought against it.
He had stood with her that day, watching her quietly as she poured her heart out to a dead man’s tombstone, who had forsaken his family for power, for the kingdom’s enemy, the dragon king. And though he tried to speak to her after,
