Chapter 57

Astrid's POV Staying in the desert was surprisingly fun even though I was underground for most of the time. The rooms were spacious and beautiful, Dad attended to my every need painstakingly and I was happier than I had ever been. As it turned out I had been right about the size proportions in the main house being way larger than it looked on the outside. Apparently, this desert was a safe harbor of sorts inhabited by different people or families that mostly kept to themselves. There is a general spell that distorts the appearance of the houses around so as to prevent detection. The cottage is actually really pretty apart from the sandstorm protection around it that is more functional than pretty. Time passed but I didn't really keep track of it without the sun to keep time underground. I learnt more about my parents as people and the court I would have grown up in as. a princess if my situation had been different. It was equally fascinating and unbelievable how much of my life had cha