EMBER POV
I leaned my back against the cold stone wall. My breath was fast and shaky, Inside my head, I could hear my wolf whisper with a soft voice say:
"He bleeds for you," the voice said. "Look at the man, not his actions."
"Be quiet," I whispered. I didn't want to hear so iI pushed the voice away.
I was too angry to hear anything she wished to say at the moment ;it was obvious he didn't care about me, my life is no fairy tale.
I started walking to the other side of the castle. Every step felt like I was walking toward a cliff.
"Look at her," a girl laughed.
I passed some maids folding laundry. They didn't even try to be quiet.
"She has the Queen's silk on now," one said with a mean smile. "But she will be in Prince Cassian's bed by morning. She moves fast, doesn't she?"
I kept my eyes forward. My jaw hurt from holding it so tight.
When I got to Cassian's room, two women were standing by the door. They wore fancy clothes, but their eyes were full of hate.
"So this is the cure?" the first one asked. She looked at the bruise on my face. "You look a bit plain. Maybe you were cheap."
"Maybe she thinks that mark on her head makes her special," the second one said. "In this wing, you are just another mouth to feed. Don't get comfortable."
I felt the mark on my head get hot. "I might be plain," I said. My voice was sharp. "But I didn't have to beg to be here. Your Prince had to whip me just to get me to look at him. What does that say about you?"
The girls got angry, …..One tried to grab my hair.
"Enough!"
The door opened; Cassian stood there. His shirt was open and he looked bored. "Get out. I am tired of your yelling."
The girls ran away like rats. Cassian pointed to a chair inside. The room smelled like strong perfume and old wine.
"Sit," he said. "You look like you are going to fall over."
EVANDER POV
I couldn't breathe.
I walked back and forth in my room. My hand hurt where the sword cut it. But the pain in my heart was worse through our link , I felt her fear.
It felt like cold ash in my throat.
"Thorne!" I yelled. I kicked a chair and it broke against the wall.
Thorne ran in. "Yes, Alpha?"
"Where is she?" I grabbed his shirt. The black veins on my neck were popping out. I could hear my heart thumping in my ears. "Tell me she didn't go."
Thorne looked at the floor. "She went into Prince Cassian's room ten minutes ago. The doors are locked."
I made a sound, that didn't sound like a person. It was a howl.
I felt the madness rising like a flood. If he touches her, I will tear his heart out.
I took my sword and left.
EMBER POV
"What do you want?" Cassian asked. He was pouring wine into a cup. "Gold? Jewels? A crown?"
"Freedom," I said.
Cassian stopped pouring. He turned around,
"Freedom?"