Ivy:
I followed him through the winding forest, tripping over the skirt of my dress, listening to him grump about what had just happened until I couldn’t stand it any longer.
“Enough, Sebastion!” I yanked my hand from his.
“We have to keep moving.” He yelled, his eyes glowing a raging purple, his nostrils flaring.
“I’m going to get killed tripping over this stupid dress if we don’t slow down a bit!” I matched his rage, refusing to let a man who, in his faraway future, would try to destroy my kingdom the same way his palace had just been destroyed.
“For heaven’s sake.” He snarled, falling to his knees, taking the massive skirt in his fists, ripping at the fabric until the dress sat just below my knee.
“Better?” He leaned back, looking at me from where he kneeled before me.
“Yes,” I g
