The Princess's second chance
It wouldn't be long before the news spread, and the whole empire learned that the first princess had been arrested for treason and witchcraft.
The cell they put me in was in the prison tower, the worst place to be when a supposed investigation was going on. On my first night there, they poured a bucket of ice water over me, it was the coldest night of the year, and I nearly died. The next day was the first torture to make me confess, supervised by a bishop from the temple of Eonora and the crown prince.
My body was cut, burned, and broken, and my face was disfigured by Theodore's beatings. The bishop approached, there wasn't a hint of compassion in his eyes, but he maintained a false smile o