Chapter 89

It was dark. The blue haze of day lifted to reveal the twinkling stars. Alicia and the Queen’s reminiscent talks came to an end and she said her farewells to the Queen, but a brewing thunder and heavy rain fell. The roads would be muddy and dangerous to thread on at this time of the hour.

The Queen dissuaded Alicia from leaving.

She nodded and stayed overnight.

The Queen guided Alicia to the guest room she’d sleep in. The maids were attentive to her every need. After a fresh bath, she slumped on the bed and tossed and turned… unable to sleep. Time had taken on a different form, more plentiful than it ever was. Her mind was alight with forms of darkness, but eventually, sleep overtook her and dreamt of heavy blackness.

She awoke from the strange noise outside the palace.

The pitter-patter rain had long ceased to be. A silhouette light seeped through from the gaps on the window curtain.

She looked around.

The door burst open a second later.

Alicia stepped out of the comfort of her bed a