Yorick:
Leysa was tired in chains. It seemed like she had been here for a while.
I remembered getting the news when my parents told me they were going to get Leysa mated to my brother, and it shook the world from under my feet because it made no sense.
My brother did not understand the concept of mates, so I knew for a fact my parents had brought her here for some plan they had concocted.
"Yorick, you’re Clementine’s friend. Please help me," Leysa pleaded again in her broken voice.
Her eyes were swollen, as if she had not spent a single day without crying. I looked at her for a few seconds before turning to my mother.
"What is this?" I demanded, pointing toward Leysa.
"Before you judge us, it is for your brother’s safety," my mother replied. "Do you not remember what Ian’s grandfather told us? How to fix that specific kind of monster your brother is?"
My mother rushed forward and grabbed my hands, holding them together while looking at me with pleading eyes.
"I don’t understand what is going on."
"Yorick, please save me. I don’t want to be here. They have been keeping me here for a while," Leysa begged.
While my mother tried to keep my attention, Leysa cried and asked for help.
"Don’t listen to that slut," my mother snapped. "Remember, she is Clementine’s sister. Not just any sister, but the one who used to torture her."
Her words made me turn back to Leysa, who shook her head more aggressively.
"Please don’t listen to her. Please help me," Leysa cried, sniffling hard.
"How is she going to help him?" I hissed at my mother, scolding her for using Leysa for my brother’s sake.
"I’ll tell you everything, okay? Just calm down and don’t judge or hate us for it," my mother insisted.
Leysa began to crawl toward me, but the shackles only allowed her to move so far.
"Yorick, please hear me out," she urged, tears running down her face as her hands met in front of her body.
My mother tightened her grip on my hand and glared at Leysa, as if making it clear that no matter how much she cried, I would listen to her instead.
Now they were both staring at me, waiting for me to choose.
"Do you not want to know how I can find Clementine for you?" my mother asked.
She knew the exact words to say to pull my attention away. I turned to her, then looked back at Leysa. At that point, Leysa seemed to realize she had lost, and she broke down again.
"Let’s go. I need to shower and eat something," I told my mother casually.


"We can talk about her later. Right now, I want you to go and see your brother," my mother told me. "Remember, you wanted to know why Leysa was here."
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