Chapter 8

*•°A YEAR LATER°•*

KIANNA

A hand slipped around my shoulder wrapping my head playfully, "you again!" I winced, growling within me as I peeled her hands off my neck.

"Ahh! Gotcha!" She squealed, dodging my punch.

"Riley, stop bugging her" Danica said, stepping out of the kitchen. Riley stuck out her tongue and we all ended up laughing.

Riley and Danica were the few friends I made in the palace, they taught me how to get some things done especially in the kitchen and helped me out with a few that are too strenuous.

Like when I was asked to chop onions and I started crying thus my vision getting blurry and I ended up cutting my finger in the process. I had never chopped an onion and no matter how many times I've seen people doing that I couldn't imagine myself holding a knife.

The laughter that erupted in the kitchen that day made the tears worsen but I pretended it was the onions making me cry.

The past few months taught me a lot of things. I can now do things I struggled to do last