Chapter 55

15 years ago

"Where are you, Ama!" Lyla, Ama's sister, barged into Ama's room.

Ama sat up, rubbing her sleepy eyes. She still felt so sleepy but it seems she won't be having any sleep with her sister around.

"I've been searching for you!" Lyla yelled dramatically, jumping on Ama's bed.

"As you can see, I was in my room all along," she responded, stopping herself from rolling her eyes.

"I can see that and where did you disappear to yesterday. You left me all alone in the palace and I was searching for you, only to find out you came back home without me!" She snapped, glaring at her sister. She couldn't believe she took her to the palace only to leave her there.

"Did I?" Ama said almost in a whisper but loud enough for Lyla to hear. Her lips curved into a smile, thinking about what happened the other day with a man she had grown to have feelings for. She sure as hell knows that she should feel nothing but shame for losing her virginity to a stranger who wasn't her husband. But what sho