All Chapters of The Exiled Princess: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The guards did not escort me. They hauled me. Their hands clamped around my arms like iron clamps as they dragged me across the marble corridor, my heels scraping hard enough to leave streaks in the stone. Torches rattled in their brackets. Banners snapped overhead. My shoulder slammed into a pillar

The guards dragged me through the corridor like they wanted the entire palace to witness my downfall. My feet barely touched the ground. My wrists throbbed with every yank, ropes grinding against raw skin. My head pounded with each step, and the world tilted alarmingly when we turned the corner towa

The portal exploded behind me with a burst of lightning that split the air open. The blast tore through my body like fire ripping through silk. My limbs flew backward, chains snapping tight around my wrists as I tumbled into a storm of light and wind.I screamed.I screamed my father’s name until my

The world swayed beneath me, rocking in uneven jolts. Warmth pressed against my cheek, steady and solid. For a long, hazy moment I thought I was still falling through the portal. My mind clung to that terror so tightly that I half expected the ground to vanish under me again.But then a scent hit me

Warmth hit my skin before my eyes opened.Not the warmth of firestones or spelllight. Not the warmth of enchanted hearths or sun-stones. This warmth hummed, steady and constant, like a creature breathing from inside the walls.I blinked slowly.The room around me glowed in soft gold. Shadows stretch