Cross the glacier

Aria's pov

After Geoffrey saved us from being humiliated, I managed to drag Margery to her room. She was so spent, her body was used to not taking this much.

She was mumbling something as I dropped her on the bed, her eyes closed but she squeezed my hand and said,

"You will make a great queen,"

I scoffed and almost blamed her words due to fatigue but she squeezed my hand even harder and opened her eyes.

Her gaze was unflinching, "you have a good heart and an even purer soul. That must be why the moon goddess chose you because she knows you would be the perfect queen,"

"Margery,"