Chapter 106

HAZEL

Nora and I went for a walk. I wouldn’t be able to relax until Mathilda was here and who knows when that’ll be.

A big part of me wanted to see her walk through the doors and hear her voice screaming my name until it echoed throughout the palace hallways.

A smaller part of me wanted her to stay away—that part and I didn’t get along very well—but away from me is where she’d be safest right now.

At least until everything had settled and there were no more people who wanted us wiped from the earth’s surface.

We walked down the left wing and down the corridors past several doors many of which I had no idea where they led.

Nora strutted in her lace dress like she owned the floor and ceiling and everything in between. Even when she walked, no talking or socializing, she did it with a graceful presence embraced by a powerful aura. She was confident in everything she did and I wondered if that was a Nora thing or a Belle thing.

A door opened dow