I should be dead. When I was five, the great dragon Ramidion sent an assassin to slaughter me. The gods blessed me that day, but my handmaid was not so lucky. She died so I could live.
I rolled my eyes behind my sunglasses without replying and disappeared into the portal.
My mother is alive. I thought she died saving my life, but it was all a lie. The emperor held her in captivity for years. Now, Queen Gilda makes her way to the capital to stand trial for her crimes.
