Her neck felt weirdly sore as she slowly regained consciousness on the balcony.
Wish slowly pulled herself to a sitting position on the stone floors of the balcony. The sky above was darker and the wind restless. It was hard for her to swallow conveniently, and she wondered how she ended up this way. The sound of hoofbeats alerted her; she pulled herself up to stare down at who was coming.
The royal guards, along with Romero and him leading, entered through the castle's gate and charged towards the entrance at light speed.
Wish's hands tightened the more around the edges of the balcony, feeling drained—like the life of her had just been mysteriously sucked out of her, and she would have to survive with what she had been left with.
She turned away the moment they halted at the entrance. This meant that Martha made it all the way and delivered her message to him. That could only explain why he rode all the way down here with so many guards with Romero.
