Chapter 56

Danika never seemed to notice it. Her focus was always on Sally, making sure she didn’t fall and that she healed correctly. Danika had taken her to the medicine man’s house twice in a week.

Now, a month later, Sally was doing so much better. She could walk properly, and most of her wounds had healed; the bruises had faded. Just a few scars remained, and Madam Baski was doing everything she could to make them disappear like the scars that would’ve formed on Danika’s back.

Sally did better during the day and was almost back to her old self. But at night—most nights—her subconscious replayed the royal court to her, and she screamed in her sleep, crying and pleading.

Danika had fallen into the habit of waking her and soothing her while doing her best to keep the guilt at bay. She hoped Sally would be alright again—even in her mind—even while she slept.

Danika had heard less from the king in the past month. He’d summoned her three times only, and those times he m