The weight of Elara's words hung heavily in the air, pressing down on Cambria's chest. "Erased." The word replayed in her mind like a ticking clock counting down to the end of everything she had fought for. It was the final blow in a series of betrayals, but this? This was the most personal.
Her hands trembled as she looked between Elara and Julian. The two people who had just confessed to being part of the plan to strip her of everything the two people who were supposed to be the foundation on which she built her future had reduced her to nothing more than a pawn in a game she never wanted to play.
"How long do we have?" Cambria asked, her voice rough but determined, the last vestiges of her shock fading into resolve. She wasn't about to let her empire be taken without a fight. Not like this.
