The argument in the palace hall ended exactly the way Azul feared it would. The King of Aquilian ordered him confined to his room until the day they were supposed to leave the kingdom.
Unfortunately, being locked up did nothing to calm him down. If anything, it only made him angrier.
So there he was, sitting alone in his room and aggressively carving words into a stone tablet.
Yes, a stone tablet.
Surprisingly, the underwater kingdoms were far more advanced than most land beast tribes. They had developed their own alphabet long ago, which explained why Azul had learned new letters so quickly when Aelin taught him.
"Azul." Mera entered the room without knocking.
Well, it wasn't as though there was a door. The rooms were separated by curtains of seaweed decorated with colorful shells. It looked beautiful, but it wasn't exactly difficult to sneak through.
If several guards hadn't been standing outside, Azul probably would have escaped already.
