“What about Kaden?” I ask after seconds of processing her words. “Won’t you…doesn't Oryn going back mean you’ll never get to see Kaden again.”
Katrina chuckled, humorlessly. “Nothing quite so dramatic. We’ll see each other during important meetings and celebrations. If Odin does come back then Kade will be Reikeiss of the day brigade. Ah, sorry the Reikeiss are essentially clan leaders, in Bellos, they’re the generals of the army.”
“You won’t miss him?” I ask.
She pauses and turns away from me.
“I always knew he wouldn’t be king,” She turns back her smile filled with unused pain. “I knew it from the first moment I laid eyes on him, just like all the officials and anyone who saw him knew. At that time my candidacy as the crown princess had already been decided. If Odin d
