"He and I are the only ones who can read Khravaen and thus also the only ones who can control this thing."
Now this was surprising, I quietly raised my eyebrows looking at this new development. Never in a million lifetimes would I have guessed Aria to stand up for me.
"You could have said all of this before she cut off my leg." I tried to complain but stopped after seeing Tess's glare.
"This is not time to be unreasonable." Tess slowly began walking over to Aria, trying to convince her. "This might very well be the thing that affects your chances for the throne."
"I don't need my mother's approval to reach the throne; if she is unwilling, then I'll simply take it from her."
Hearing the two of them fight, I silently turned my head towards the broken gate, slowly gazing towards the black sky.
The sun had long already set; if it were any other day, I would have already offered to prepare our dinner and clean our utensils.
