Kit made her way down the hallway toward a part of the castle where she seldom traversed, at least not in recent times. When she was younger, she’d run over here nearly every day to visit her father, but since she’d embarked on her Exploration over three years ago, her attention had been elsewhere, and distance had settled between them.
Her father, Remont, had always been dear to Kit’s heart, but her mother insisted on holding them apart. How he had ever won her Choosing was beyond the princess. It was certain to Kit that her mother hadn’t selected him for love. If the queen’s advice to her daughter was any indication of how she’d come about making her own decision, Remont must’ve seemed like the sort of man who wouldn’t stand in Rona’s way and would support her ruling at every turn. As far as Kit knew, that was precisely the role her father had taken.
