Rosa

Ave could not sleep that night; she paced around her well-decorated chamber, feeling restless. She had been mad at Lucian for the past few days for forbidding her from leaving the palace without a reason. She was the Empress, but her authority wasn't like her husband's; the guards didn't listen to her when she told them she needed to go out.

Rylan had given her a spell book to practice and learn how to use it without having to summon her Rosa. She had passed most of the days practicing the spells while also allowing herself not to feel guilty for the way she had refused her husband entrance into her chamber.

The first weeks she had moved away from his quarters had been hard for her, but the thought that he wouldn't allow her carry his child had pushed her to live on and not dare go to him.