Chapter Sixty

Chapter Sixty

About five minutes passed, and there was still no sign of her.

“Empress!” I called out. “Empress…‘

Just then, she broke through the surface. Her face looked different–youthful. She had entered the pool looking to be in her forties, but when she emerged, she appeared to be in her late twenties.

“Empress, you look…”

“Beautiful, magnificent… I know.”

“How?”

“The water, many believe the god of light once bathed in these waters; it’s called the Lake of Youth–It was once bigger than this, but, well, this is all that remains of it.”

She put on her clothes.

“It was like time had reversed, and she was given her youth again.” I said to Trian when we were back in my room.

“It seems to me that you would like to take a dip in the Lake of Youth one day.”

“Of course, not… the Empress would never let me.”

“You fear the Empress like she is a god.”

a powerful woman.”

could build a community as big as this one. But have you ever thought about how exciting

“I—I…..”

times. I wanted to run away, but it was impossible; Empress Julia

do. But I fear what she will do to

doesn’t find

you cannot hide

in doing that more than once; perhaps I will try my luck once

kill you, and this wouldn’t be the

and there was something about how confident he sounded that was indeed off–putting. “How many times have you been outside

when we go to

you been outside this building just to explore

never. I could go nowhere without the Empress’s permission; the

paid dearly.

outside… I want to see the people.”

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you outside. Get ready; we will leave in

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was back in exactly two

all sweaty. I shouldn’t be doing this, and yet I wanted to leave this place so bad,

me; he drew the hood of my gown over my hair.

nodded, pulling the hood lower to cover

of the guards?” I

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