CASSANDRAWhen I woke up, I was in a car.I waited for my vision to focus, and when it did, I realized I was lying in the back seat. In the front, I heard the driver of the vehicle talking with Kaleb, who was sitting in the passenger’s seat.“The rain is too heavy, Your Majesty,” the driver said in a heavily accented voice. “It would be too risky to drive forward. The conditions are simply too poor. I recommend that we find somewhere to take a pause and wait out the weather.”The king of Yurene didn’t seem to be convinced by what the driver said. He remained silent and stared ahead.Silence lingered in the air for a moment, and then the driver cleared his throat and started the vehicle again.It began to move forward, but quickly, the tire seemed to hit a pretty severe pothole and the car lurched. As it bumped, my head bonked against the door, and before I could stop myself, I released a heavy groan.Kaleb whipped around at the sudden sound, and when our eyes met, a chill traveled thr
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