I passed servants who immediately lowered their eyes, and I passed two guards who looked toward me with concern, but nobody dared stop me.
I didn't know where I was going. I only knew I needed somewhere Draven couldn't find me.
My feet carried me through the eastern corridor, past the library, and toward an unused section of the fortress where the stone walls were colder and the torches burned lower.
Eventually, I found a small sitting room that overlooked the mountains.
I shut the door behind me, locked it, and leaned against the wood.
Then I finally allowed myself to cry.
I covered my mouth with one hand as the tears came harder, because I couldn't understand how everything had changed so quickly.
Only yesterday I had believed I was beginning to love him and tonight, I was wonderi
