All Chapters of Traded Off To The Beast : Chapter 11

(Liora's POV)A little over a week has passed since my arrival in Verkhane.I was beginning to understand why the people of this kingdom spoke of their King with such loyalty.They had a kind hearted King.And they were also kind to each other. Even the lowest-ranking members of the house seemed comfortable approaching their superiors.There was order, but not the suffocating kind I had grown accustomed to.And, perhaps most surprisingly, I was beginning to feel comfortable.Elin and Mara had made that possible.The two young women were among the first people I had met in the royal house, and they had gradually become the closest thing I had to friends. They were both cheerful, though Elin was more talkative while Mara had a habit of making dry remarks that never failed to amuse me.They also seemed to have taken it upon themselves to make sure I was never lonely.On nights when sleep refused to come, one or both of them would sometimes sit with me and talk until the early hours of th