{Music Recommendation: Für Elise (Reimagined) ~ Alexander Joseph}
The fire torch lingered on Oriana's face, but she closed her eyes, her whole body shaking with fear. At that moment, she wasn't sure if it was her body or Freya's that trembled. The point was, they were afraid. Going back to the palace after trying to escape was a different type of suicide. Adelaide and Gwen might just punish them, but she wasn't sure about Nicholas.
The man was now like a monster, a shadow of himself. Someone Oriana could barely recognize, and she didn't want to go back to find out what else he was capable of. Locking even Fidelis up spoke volumes of the extent he was willing to go just to have the throne.
"Come see them,"