Chapter 203. Three Days to Betrayal

CLARISA

It was torture for me to finish reading to the book. The dove symbolized a very strong before and after in my life. She changed my situation in this castle since she came here and made my routine deviate from all the events we had both experienced together. Through my memory went the moments when we had fun, the times when she supported me when I needed it the most. But they were ashes blowing in the wind; it was this storm that my heart mutated into. I could not be the same as before, even if I missed myself sometimes, this warm place that was once my home.

It was a baby; I was talking about Cethium, who I knew was Jacob’s legitimate son. I knew Nicolas had been adopted and that he was one of the few who knew the secret. If I had to take one of the two, it would be him because he had Zack’s blood.

“I hope you are not wavering again, Clarisa,” he said in a stern, firm voice. I tried to control myself so he would not see the fear and tears that seemed to run