This last shift felt way too strange. Theora was relieved that Breorion was likely exhausted, meaning the chances of him showing up again before the end of her shift were extremely low, because she wasn't sure how much longer she would have been able to put on an act. She was sad, disappointed, and hurt, but most of all, she hated how he'd seemed genuinely sorry. Even worse, the long hours of standing guard in silence with Kleis left her time with her thoughts, enough to realize that she was a hypocrite. She didn't have much ground to stand on, and if she was objective about it, she hadn't been all that truthful either. She called him 'Your Highness' out of some bitter sentiment, but truth be told, they were actually supposed to be almost on the same rank. Her half-brother held the same ra
