40

Dawn

It didn't get better. Instead, it became dramatically worse. The false accusations kept on piling up each day. Instead of the pack to focus on the danger they could be in because of the rumors about the Crest and the frequent attacks at their border, they were focused on taking me down.

Princess did everything she could to keep me from the truth but it didn't work. In her way of warning me to be careful, Mimi, the cook, told me everything. I was even accused of poisoning the children I rescued. Rumor also had it that I was insane and that I was blackmailing Rhys, which was why he made me his wife.

They were insane and untrue, yet they affected me more than I could understand. I wallowed in it all. I'd even begun to lose appetite and energy for anything else.

I only wished that the days would fly past and I'd be set free from my obligations to Golden Crest. I was over everything. But it was as if everything loved to mock me because instead of speeding up, the days slowed down.

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