The carriage rolled steadily forward at an idyllic pace that was comfortable, and Sera was in real danger of falling asleep to the lull of the wagon.
But---
It was too steady!
Too quiet...
Annoyed, she sat by the window, her fingers lightly tapping against the frame as the landscape shifted from familiar roads to something darker…
Wilder.
Foreign!
"He seriously didn't come get me, huh?" she muttered under her breath, not really understanding the mixed bag of emotions that tightened her chest. A part of her was angry, pissed and annoyed. But another part---
It hurt!
Why?
She didn't care!
He clearly didn't care…
Sure, he'd made sure that she could eat like a king for the next ten years, but---
That was just the contract...
Everything between us was a freaking paper – nothing else!
OK, so---
