C25 You are not Winning!

Aarhea’s POV:

The palace was heavy with whispers. Every corridor carried the echo of rumors, every passing guard looked at me with uncertainty in their eyes. I felt their doubt sinking in, poisoning the air I breathed.

I kept my steps steady, my face calm, but inside my chest burned. Jake’s cell was only a few floors below us, dark and suffocating, and now Amara, Logan