Chapter 23
Tori's POV
Laura and I couldn't stop laughing as we walked through the market street, our voices mixing with the noise around us.
It had only been three days and somehow, we had gotten so close it felt unreal. Like I had known her longer than this place, longer than everything I had been through.
Maybe this was how it was meant to be.
Her father and Kael had been busy with whatever serious matters they always seemed to have, leaving just the two of us to wander freely. We explored, we talked, we did things I hadn't done in a long time.
The market was alive, filled with people moving from stall to stall, voices rising, fabrics swaying in the wind, colors blending into each other. Guards followed behind us at a distance.
I knew they were behind us, but I couldn't even notice them.
Laura moved easily through it all, like she belonged here.
