Chapter 232

The dinner was eaten in peace, much to my relief. I heard from Darius that the knights from earlier that offended me were punished with fifty lashes of the whip each. It was said that Darius wanted to punish them with death but the high priest Haden opposed to it. Being that the knights were under the queen’s command, she is the only one to give a death penalty. So for now Darius gave them other harsh punishment.

I was lying on bed but wasn’t able to sleep. I was thinking of the coming of age ceremony that will be held just a few days from now. We will be executing our escape plan at the same day as the ceremony is being held.

I was also thinking about the information that Ragnar was coming to get me. I was excited to know that in just a few days time I will be seeing him once again.

I heaved a sigh and sat up in my bed. Sleep won’t be coming anytime soon and so I stood up and got my robe and put it on. I walked towards the door and opened it.

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