For some strange reason, my emotions didn’t do very well at the prospect of Anoa finding out what had happened since she had left, what her people had started to think of her and speak of her during the time that she had been gone. It was going to be something that would be far from pleasant, to say the least. I would go as far as saying that perhaps it would turn out to be a traumatic experience, if not handled correctly.
“Your Highness, now that Anoa is back, will the two of you be continuing your courtship? Is she still betrothed to you?”
My chest tightened upon hearing those words, my eyes snapping to the opposite side of me, seeing that there was a boy walking amongst the group of girls—a much older boy, at that. I guessed that he was there to make sure that they all got to their
