Helio’s POV
I turned away from the castle. Thoughts of speaking to my father made my shoulders slump. There was no way in hell I could go back in there, not now. Hopefully, Cindra wasn’t being stupid and had stayed in her room like I told her to. I wasn’t in the mood to have to deal with my mother, father, or anyone else. At least for now, I didn’t want to deal with being Helio Azer.
I stalked off to the stash of clothing I kept in the woods nearby and quickly found a cloak. I pulled the hood up over my head and wandered off toward the village. It was the only place I could think of to get away from it all and think.
Walking into the village, I tugged the hood a little further down over my head and the collar of my shirt up to cover most of my face. The fabric was just as scratchy as ev
