RUHN It’s been a while since I entered the palace, not as the Crown Prince of Valreyn and I forgot how different it felt. I held my head high, but it was impossible not to notice all the glances, smirks and whispers. The people enjoyed the show of my humiliation, but I didn’t give a damn. All I wanted was to see my Onyx. I still couldn’t believe she chose not to tell me about her plan. I had to find out about it by accident when I went to see Marco when I arrived in the capital. Ironically, he was the only one I could trust at the moment with the information, as I couldn’t help but notice that someone from my people had to have helped Seth with his plan of overthrowing me. Everything from that day did not add up: the way it all was arranged to put Onyx in danger, the fact that Tynan

