LIORA’S POV
The two days I’d spent here felt like an eternity because I was locked in a room with nothing but my thoughts and a massive book on palace etiquette.
I had tried reading it, truly, I had. But after the third page explaining the proper way to curtsy to different ranks of nobility, my eyes glazed over and I wanted to throw the damned thing out the window.
Instead of continuing it, I wandered.
The villa they’d placed me in was enormous, far too large for one person. I explored every room, running my fingers along expensive furniture and staring at paintings of people whose names I would never know.
Guards stood posted at various points, their eyes tracking my movements but never stopping me. I supposed as long as I stayed within the villa’s boundaries, I was allowed some free
