Fake Princess
CHAPTER 135
The air was already warm, my mind while sitting while leaning against the wall of the granary, both knees bent in the chest. Had the king not fallen ill, the entire palace would probably have traveled to a rural lake for several weeks to avoid the summer heat that soon approached the city.
I imagined what was happening in the palace. The lower corridors must have been in
bustle an army of cooks, waiters, and butlers who rush to arrange the final details of the coronation. The nobles must still be sleeping, but not for long, when the male and female servants came to help them put on the best clothes to attend today's event.
If it doesn't catch up with me, Devan is one of them. I glanced at the barn door, as if my gaze could pierce through the door to see it. I don't know what to do. A kiss, a statement of love. Maybe it wasn't enough to defend against the way I chased him away, used magic on him, chose Thorvaldor over him. Yes, Devan did come looking for me, and said he was wrong. But he did nothing else, regardless of what Bella said. Maybe Devan realized how futile his attempt to love me was. Although I tried to get it out of my mind, I quite understood that I could have died today. Devan couldn't have forgotten. Maybe it was too heavy, the fear of losing me, so heavy that Devan hid his heart to protect him.
Of course, even if I were alive, Devan would know we couldn't get married, would know what I was going to tell him. The Earl of Rithia would never allow his son to marry a commoner, and I could not forgive myself if I let Devan renounce his title, abandon his family, for my sake. Even Melani understood it to the point of making fun of me with this matter.
I wonder if Melani is sleeping, inside the palace. I doubted it. I didn't expect him to know about my escape. Somehow he must have known it - not a message delivered by a courier or a spell telling him if I crossed the gate of Puri Sare. Melani must be working out a plan, watching, waiting. It's his moment of victory, and Melani won't let me take it so easily. Melani must act carefully; there must be no suspicion on Riana. Maybe that's his weakness. Or maybe in the midst of his despair Melani will forget his heart-wrenching attitude, actions to cover his tracks. So I have a loophole to foil his plan.
Bella´s. What's gonna happen to her? Even if we were to succeed, the path she would have to go through would be difficult, perhaps harder than the path that either me or Riana would have to take. Soon his world will change, it will expand beyond the familiar boundaries. Bella didn't show it, but she must have been scared.
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