sleep afte

tions with no answers. What if someone from this world saw through her? What if Seraphina had enemie

h twisted

h a tray of breakfast and

he girl whispered, setting down the tray. "The king'

iffened

hou

ho

time to get use

ght around the ribs. It took Sera and another maid to lace it up, and

recognize

h crushed berry tint. Her dark curls had been pinned up into a braided crown, and her

wallow

ct like her," she admi

already are her. Whether your memory

k smile. If onl

-

ll wasn't wha

f stone and steel, with a domed ceiling and high windows that poured sunlight like waterf

er was al

women in muted dresses, all whispering behind their hands

with his hands clasped behind his back. He didn't look at h

stepped

nn of the Eastern Viceroy's l

e turned

dy. Sera had warned her not to look nervous, but not too proud either.

d they'd call h

just short

around his neck stepped forward. His eye

nths since your disappearance. Some feared

I don't remember by who. I don

e manner, and no escort," the man said.

ice hard. "She bears the

gold, resting on her finger like it belonged there

sfied. "Memories can be st

"And enemies can twi

evenly. The pressure i

A woman this time, tall, silver-ha

t during your first meeting with the king. You tol

"That... does

you once told me you preferred cats ove

suppose I haven't

ough the chamber. The tensi

icked toward h

re further proof. Her memory is fragile. Her body, unfamiliar.

," Kael s

ed. "And if

"Then I'll carry out

d if he meant that as a threat or a

ondered where he was. Who he was. If he

with a shallow bow and a m

ck down the corrid

peak until th

r ground," he

hrew up," s

the part w

king. "Do you wa

ed to f

ut if that's not possible, I'll

her head. "

dn't

-

and pulled out her phone. 12% battery. She

ilwomen believed me. The others... not so much. Kael says he want

ed at th

ournals. Letters. Anything. If I can become her on the outside...

app and looked

the sound of bell

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ringing in

ere wa

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