Stay silent. I walked back to the palace entrance, dazed and lost in unwanted thoughts. I heard my feet drag in the ground and somewhere at the back if my mind something told me that the queen wouldn’t approve of the way I was walking and carrying myself right now but then again, a big part if me did not care what anyone would think if they saw me this way. As long as I stayed quiet… they would not care. “Vera!” I knew someone was calling out my name, the voice sounded very familiar but a face did not come to mind. I was lost, in a fog, in a maze in my own head, I could bring myself out if the dazed state I was in and my head throbbed from overthinking. “Vera, dear” the person grabbed my shoulders and u raised my head to look at the person. Micah. Her brows were furrowed in worry a