the past xix

Winning a war is the easy part. All it takes is brawn. Maintaining your rule afterward is the real test.

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Eleanor bit the nail of her thumb while waiting anxiously for Silas’s door to open.

She always took pride in herself in knowing what to do. She was the one who came up with the plan in order to save Amara. She was the one who came up with the plan with how they could remove any suspicions from them. She was the one who told Silas what the right thing to do was. She had always found what the best solution for every problem was.

And for all the times she did just that, her mind was blank and empty right now.