Kapitel 40: A Pawn II

It happened again, they always pointed a finger at him and he found it surprising that he didn't expect the same from her. She was an Euphrasia afterall and being part of the kingdom, she must equally come as a top official's daughter as well.

The idea made him hiss in resentment.

"Sometimes the heart takes time to accept what the mind already knows." Came his icy response and that's when Annalise's heart dropped.

She shook her head in skepticism as her neckline became even more visible due to her shock. She didn't want to believe that she was cursed enough to have freed the devil that would bring a serious impending doom to her people, she couldn't have possibly freed him, she couldn't have.... WHAT HAS SHE DONE??!!

Annalise tried to fight back the tears and the lumps which were starting to build in her throat, her stomach churned and she felt like waking up from this bad dream that only seemed to be getting worse with each passing second.