Chapter 53

Winter’s POV

Looking at the valley from a mountaintop, not from below, was a proverb, one about not jumping to conclusions about people, but this situation felt different. Something just wasn’t adding up.

Why could Father have said that to me? Could there really be a chance that he was right? I had seen more than enough negativity from Lordan to believe otherwise.

I shook my head, letting out a sigh. I tried not to dwell on Lordan too much. I didn’t want to spend the majority of my time thinking about him.

“What are you thinking about?” I heard a startling voice behind me ask.

I turned to see Dorra in the room.

“How did you get in, and what are you doing in my room?”

“It’s not like the door was locked or anything,” she replied casually.

“Besides, I think I can go wherever I want to.”

I snapped back, “But not my room.”

Dorra ignored my frustration and calmly took a seat.

“So much bitterness for someone who just