LOGINSomeone was moving furniture outside my door at 4:47 AM.
~Valeria~I’d been awake for seventeen hours, trained for six of them, and now I was standing in a ceremonial hall staring at the ugliest piece of jewelry I’d ever seen in my life.The crown.
~Valeria~Someone was moving furniture outside my door at 4:47 AM.Not their furniture. Not even their fucking floor.I threw the blankets off, sent a pillow flying and grabbed my phone. Yep. Still not even five in the morning.
~Valeria~“Caius, I don’t understand what’s happening but I don’t think I’m doing it right.”I wasn’t halfway through with my complaint when the lights right in my face, tossing me to the ground.
~Valeria~The next morning started at 5 AM with Alerion pounding heavily on my door."Training starts in five minutes," he called through the wood. "Don't be late or I'll punish you.""How bad is the p
~Valeria~"You're doing it all wrong and this is the third time. You should be familiar with the moves by now."I looked down at my stance, then back up at Alerion with a frown. "Maybe, I’d learn faster if you tried correcting me with care instead of scolding me and making me feel like the only failure on Earth.""If I don’t go hard on you, you won’t take any o
~Valeria~The notebook was lying on the ground like someone had intentionally placed it there as a trap, next to a pile of discarded tools and empty vials."Don't touch it," Caius cautioned immediately when I moved toward it."Why not?"
~Valeria~“What is that supposed to mean? If you weren’t such a loser, maybe you’d have been my knight in shining armor…” I eyed him with all the disdain I could muster.Then a flash of realization hit me, and my eyes lit up with an idea. I gritted my teeth, unable to stop the bitter words that sli
~Valeria~I never thought I would ever be in the right position to say this but school wasn’t so bad anymore. My grades started topping the charts and it was all thanks to my charming professor which you can already guess.Caius.He was patient with me even when I accepted my failure. He made every
~Valeria~One blink and the guy I’d risked everything to chase had disappeared into nowhere like he was never really there to begin with.I stood there, strained and annoyed, staring into the empty space like it owed me answers.I wasn’t even mad that I didn’t catch him. I was mad because… I don’t
~Valeria~Zane swept me off my feet the day he sent a servant with a gift box and a text that read, There’s a dress in there, please wear it. I wanna take you somewhere.The servant didn’t say anything else about where he was taking me to. And maybe I should’ve sent the gift back. Maybe I should’







