While sitting on the secret chamber's floor wondering what was happening outside, Lauren looked at the satchel bag she had been carrying around this whole time.
Inside the satchel was the mysterious book from the spellbound ship.
She made sure she kept it with her in fear that someone with ill motives might get it if she left it anywhere in her room.
If only she knew how to break this curse and cure her illness, she wouldn't have to be locked up for her own safety. She would have been fighting alongside Alec, protecting their kingdom as the queen.
She was of royal blood from the moment of her birth. She was fated to rule the kingdom, yet here she was, hiding at the brink of Evardin's ruin while everyone was out there fighting the rebels.
Lauren pulled out the book from the satchel and stared at it with anger.
Why couldn't she open it?
