I refused to leave my bedchambers throughout the entire day. No matter how many times someone knocked on my door or tried to convince me to come out, I refused.
Even when Sophia came to see me, I turned her away. I wasn't ready to face her, I wasn't ready to face anyone.
The events of that evening continued to replay inside my head, each memory bringing back the same painful emotions I was trying so hard to suppress. Everything had changed so quickly. One moment I thought I understood my place in this world, and the next, everything I knew was falling apart.
And now this strange feeling of love that has awakened inside me.
I didn't know what to think anymore.
So, I stayed inside my room, allowing the silence to surround me.
I needed time to breathe.
I needed time to understand what was happening.
When night finally arrived, exhaustion finally took over my body. My mind had been fighting for so long that sleep became the only escape I had left.
As I finally closed my eyes.
