Chapter 24

A small shiver ran down her spine in the fear of unknown, the warm night seemingly turning frost with every moment that passed.

Never had she felt this alarmed of stillness. The seemingly endless stretch of placid tranquility stifled her senses and the cold air of garden felt tempting.

'But it isn't the time for that.'

With this untimely arrival of Chandra all her plans and strategies hence fell down and crumpled like a palace of cards as a result leaving her open in vulnerability.

Moving in the darkness, she gripped the handle of water jug from her bedstead, treating herself with a massive gulp of water.

'Yes, she had lied but it wasn't as simple as that, was it?

She had lied right in front of the whole court and that meant just one thing, a crime against the throne. '

And after all that, her purpose still as unaccomplished as it had always been.

Her ears strained to listen to the in growing sound of foot steps towards her chamber and for a moment she stopped breathing.

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