Eva's POV
I returned to the castle in the evening feeling exhausted. Today had been far harder than I had anticipated. I began my royal lessons today. Lady Ajayi had quite a tough woman to please. Nothing could have prepared me for the tall, slender woman with skin the colour of ebony. Never in my life, I had seen a woman so beguiling. I had only read about people that looked like her in fantasy. They were depicted as sirens who were children of the goddess of the rivers, Yemoja. I knew well that sirens were just mythology but now I know that dark-skinned people exist. I was so awestruck by her that I lost focus and got scolded a lot.
