the lost princess

Previously

…The fragmented dreams, the fleeting images, suddenly began to coalesce, forming a picture far grander and more terrifying than she had ever imagined. She wasn’t just Aurelia, the girl from the cottage. She was Princess Aurelia, daughter of a fallen kingdom, a lineage whispered about in hushed tones, a secret guarded by the man who had raised her. The weight of his promise, and the truth of her own existence, settled upon her shoulders, a heavy mantle of destiny. The shadows of the past were beginning to recede, but a new, more formidable shadow loomed on the horizon, a shadow she would soon have to face.