TIARA THORNELLS
Since that day, something in me had begun to settle just a little. The weight I had been carrying for weeks didn’t feel as suffocating anymore. My meeting with Zatan hadn’t gone the way I hoped… in fact, it was far from good. But despite that, I couldn’t deny how happy I. was just to see him, even if it was only for a fleeting moment.
Of course, there were still moments when sadness would creep in. But I could handle it now. It no longer drowned me like it used to. Unlike the past weeks when the pain was too much to bear, I could finally breathe again.
“Tiara… Prince Dawn is coming…”
It made me stop moving, my fingers still wrapped around the stem of a delicate white lily I had just picked up. I recognized Sephora’s voice immediately. It came from the doorway.
“He’s ab
