Chapter 861 The Future Queen

• Nina
• I must have been asleep for hours, because by the time I woke up, the sun had long since dipped back below the horizon. There was hardly an hour, in fact, in which I was awake while the sun was out.
• The first thing I noticed was how parched I was. Groaning softly, I rolled over to see a fresh glass of water on my bedside table. I sat up and gulped it thirstily, drinking almost the entire glass in one sitting.