Literature
Beyond the Ever After: Chapter 12
Eighteen Months Ago
The Festival of Lights, Corona Palace
“Are you in love with her?” Her lips trembled as she struggled to get the words out. She was drenched from head to toe, a puddle of water already forming on the stone floors where she stood.
Augustus tried to answer her. He wanted to assuage her fears with a lie, and tell her exactly what her panicked eyes hoped he would say. But when he tried to speak, the single word got caught in his throat. And in that moment he knew that she knew. His silence had been as good as affirmation.
“I’m sorry,
