CHÂPTÉR FIFTY-THRÉË

♡ 𝘼𝙐𝘿𝙍𝙀𝙔 ♡

I inhale a deep breath, trying to calm my erratic heart.

Six hours after my meeting with Darius and it was time, all the people in Darius's court were piled up in the grand ball room, awaiting my arrival.

I felt a militia of nerves march down my spine, making a drop of sweat trickle down the side of my head. I tightly fisted my ring in my hand, haven removed it so non of my ladies take notice of it. But now that they had left the room I slipped it back on, my hands trembling.

I run my hands down the length of my dress, taking in deep breaths in a futile attempt to calm myself.

Just breathe Audrey, inhale and exhale. I tried to follow such a simple action, the simplest action I had been performing since birth, to breathe, top open my lungs so air could flow through but I was thinking too much, too hard. So hard that the simple action felt like the hardest I ever had to do. Panting heavily I got up from the seat in front of my dressing mirror a