Chapter 246

Delilah

The maids went about their business as they cleaned up the hall. Everything seemed to be peaceful and quiet as I walked around. My arm was wrapped around myself as I tried to contain whatever I had running inside my head.

The number of thoughts were countless, and the idea of the safety of this quietness, of this peace, was one that had felt completely out of place. I felt completely out of place.

I hated it.

I didn’t want to admit it, but I did. I didn’t belong here. I knew that this was not my place, that this peace did not belong to me. But I also knew that asking them to leave was not going to be an option. They were not going to allow me to see. Anna was not going to allow me to. And Lissandra right now needed me more than ever. Just when she was starting to regain her strength, I could have just stepped back. I couldn’t just leave her alone.

My shoes echoed as I walked, the weight in my chest heavier than anything I could explain. B