Chapter Sixty Nine

I knew Julia was going to pay me a visit–I had anticipated it. But as the hours passed, I began to hope I had been pardoned. That hope shattered when I awoke from my slumber to find her seated in the chair facing me.

“Empress.” I acknowledged, about to rise to my feet.

“There would be no need for that,” she says.

I looked up to see Trian standing there, his gaze hard.

“I’m so sorry; I disrespected the Empress, but I didn’t mean to.”

“I hear you are tired of learning.”

“I never said that.”

“Are you calling her a liar?”

of course not. It was simply

had so many questions–why did

through the signs

of light speaks, but no one knows the exact language she uses. I shows me, but the Encounter is only a few months away. You’re learning these languages so you’ll be able to communicate with her when the time comes. But of course, you

part came out in a whisper. She rose from her chair and joined me on the bed. Her hands trailed down my cheeks and lower to my

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yourself with someone

I didn’t know

know better.” He responded. I had never seen a soldier fearless enough to speak

Empress

you suggest I do

her an intense look, and in that moment, I wished to be in Julia’s position; I wished to have his hungry

“You will have a new guard to watch over

want a new soldier; I wanted Trian, but of course I couldn’t say that out loud, not to her. I only nodded, and she walked out with Trian following behind. He turned to give me a small smirk

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