Forgotten princess

Previously

…Elara’s face, usually so composed, was etched with a worry Anya hadn't seen before. “He is Kael. A man of the King’s trust. He has watched over you, in his own way, for years.” Anya’s mind reeled. Watched over her? For years? The concept was too much to comprehend. She looked at the dark opening, the unknown stretching before her. The life she had known was gone, replaced by a terrifying, uncertain future. Yet, as she stood on the precipice of this unknown, a strange sense of purpose, a whisper of the dreams that had haunted her sleep, began to stir within her. The gilded cage was broken, and the world, with all its dangers and its secrets, awaited.