Chapter 0071
I should have known better.
He stood from the bed. “There are many girls here who would make good Lunas. Olivia is perhaps the
strongest of the group.”
I don’t know what I had been expecting, but my stomach still twisted uncomfortably as he spoke
other girls.
“She’s beautiful and cunning. And she has a strong following in the public. Lilliana has the proper
demeanor. And then there’s –”
“Okay, that’s enough. I get the picture.”
Nicholas shrugged, as if to say, you asked.
I regretted that choice.
“Rest now,” Nicholas said. “I’ll send my physician to check on you.”
Without another word, he walked to the door and left me.
the
I was so confused. His rescue had been daring. For a moment, I had almost convinced myself that he
still cared for me. But then when he had talked about those other girls…
Perhaps he only saved me out of a sense of duty. Maybe he would have done the same for any of the
girls.
I pulled the covers over my head and groaned. The mixed messages were hard to decipher, and then, I
wasn’t even certain what I wanted to be true.
Anna would be able to help me sort through it, but I had no way to talk to her. I hoped she was doing
okay. I had no idea how she was paying for my half of the rent with me gone.
She probably found another roommate. I wondered what they were like.
I wished I could call her, but that was impossible. Since my phone was confiscated on the first day here,
I had no way to communicate with the outside world.
Still, thinking about her and her steady comfort helped bring me some peace. I tried to imagine what she
would say if I could talk to her.
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