Chapter 4

I had no idea how many days had passed. I couldn't feel hunger anymore, and even the pain was slowly fading away. My body felt so light, like a soul about to drift away.

Faint sounds of trumpets and drums drifted in from outside, as if there was some kind of celebration going on.

"Did you hear? His Grace is promoting Lady Isabelle to Duchess!" one guard gossiped.

"Seriously? So what about the one locked up inside?" another chimed in.

"Who cares about her? She's as good as dead. Her corpse could rot and stink, and nobody would bother to…