After training AKA run until I puke, I bathed and dressed with Theo's help and went to breakfast. It was becoming my routine to start the day. I didn't have to look over my shoulder and worry about Deyanira—for now.
Soren and Kharis guarded me from afar, glaring at each other. Nobles started to greet me and bow their heads as I pass. I didn't acknowledge their existence. How dare they act like this now. Deyanira will return and they will turn their backs on me.
Many didn't involve themselves in the Queen Mother's antics but they still watched on. I know they held no power to go against her but that didn't mean I had to forgive them. And those who bowed to me now in respect, the ones who do play a part in belittling me, looking down on me, making snide remarks and embarrassing me, stripping away at every part of me until I am bare, their faces are ingrained in my memories, their names a long list I know well.