lord was up on their feet within seconds as Percy rushed to my side in a panic.
“Majesty?! What’s the matter?” he shouted.
I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t feel anything as a cold sweat ran down my neck. Flashes of a long-forgotten memory flooded
my mind. Wildflowers, clouds, and Ornella. As if we were sitting in that Goddess forsaken field she would beg me to take her
to.
Where I discovered I was in love with her.
I tried to catch my breath again, calling my shadows to protect me. To wrap around me and calm my body as it felt as if I
were going into shock. Until another flash, of the ocean, raced across my mind’s eye.
“Ornella.”
Before I could see or say anything else, the world went black.
Chapter 55
Memory
NICHOLAS
“Nicholas, Mother and Father have been looking for you, I tried to cover for you as best as I could, but they aren’t
impressed that you didn’t return home last night.”
April scowled at me as I stepped through the side entrance of the castle, cloaked in shadows. Of course, my dear
sister could hear my thoughts, so she knew where to find me. She stepped out from her own shadows, crossing her arms
over her chest as I headed up the staircase towards our wing.
“I know. I lost track of time. I’m sure they understand.”
Rolling her eyes at me, she walked next to me as we headed up the stairs and down the many corridors to our rooms.
Vanessa and Morgana were shouting at each other in their rooms, as always. Being so close in age possibly made it worse.
I hoped this wasn’t going to be my life, always breaking them apart as they would soon end up fist fighting each other.
For now, April could deal with it. I needed to sleep.
“Where were you?” she asked as she leaned against the door frame of my room.
“Out.”
“Out where?”
“My apologies, April. I didn’t know you were the oldest and I had to report my every move to you.”
She huffed as she stepped further in and started playing with some bits of parchment and a quill on my writing desk.
One thing I hated about having three sisters was the fact Mother and Father didn’t wait around to have us all. All
within one year of each other. Once April was born, I lost all the attention and then it only got worse when Vanessa and
