Mounting and unmounting horses.

Kaltain

Leiya

“You came out.”

He muttered unbelievably.

“I was feeling up to it.” I whispered.

A day after he narrated his unfortunate childhood ordeal to me, I surprisingly felt better. I didn't hate myself anymore. I convinced myself that if she was no longer alive, it was not my fault. I prayed to my father's spirit to forgive me and to her spirit to also forgive me. To my greatest surprise, she didn't appear to me in a nightmare and I slept just fine. When I woke up, I was feeling a lot better.

I had just stepped out of my room in search of Helion when I found him speaking to a guard three doors away from mine.

“Join me outside then,” he offered.

I politely agreed with a nod of my head. He gave his last instruction to the guard before leading me outside the castle. It was a bright, sunny and beautiful day. The colors of the flowers around the castle shone brightly in the morning sun. I had not felt the sun on my skin in days and it felt absolu