Unbelievable news

The rest of their journey to Pendragon was as tense and fast as it could ever be. The tension around the two was so thick even the two soldiers traveling with them could feel it pressing down on them.

The princess had not ridden with Zane, even though he had offered; she had refused and said she would ride with one of the other men. They hadn't spoken to each other again, not even when they reached the gates of the imperial palace.

That night, after Zane had left her tent, Thalia had been consumed by mortification and shame. He had looked at her with a look she thought was disgust before he left the tent and never came back to check on her again.

She had lain there waiting and hoping he would come so she could assure him that whatever had happened between them was her choice and she would still do it again if she could turn back time.