SUZIE’S POV
The sound of birds chirping fluttered into the dimly lit room along with the warm morning sunlight. The curtain swayed slowly, the soft fabric scraping the wooden floor softly. I had woken up a few hours earlier, but I could not bring myself to leave the bed.
Today was the day of reckoning, the day of the banquet.
Preparations had been made, I had agreed to attend the banquet, but I had gotten cold feet at the final moments. I could not stand the thought of seeing my old lovers, regardless of the fact that the queen fervently promised that I would be protected. I just could not.
I sighed, hugging myself tightly as I curled up into a ball. I had steeled my mind; I would not attend this banquet, no matter what. The birds went on with their incessant noises and it was soon overwhelmed by the sound of knocking.