Chapter 229. Running

LILY

“He’s running away!” Regle’s voice screamed as he dropped the tray of muffins and the roar reached my ears.

I cursed under my breath, he was looking everywhere and I was running out of time. It was harder than I had imagined in my head. I told myself again to run with all my strength as I landed on the ground. It was quite high and I jumped without thinking, because otherwise I would never know if I would make it.

The blow to my head caused a sharp pain, and I was lucky not to faint despite my weakness. What kept me alive now was the desire to return to my family. The news was terrible for all of them.

I felt the grass on my face scratch me, and that made me stand up as fast as I could, with the bruises from the landing on my body. I could see the guards approaching in droves. There were a hundred of them, if I counted correctly. There I was met by Regle, his aunt and uncle, and the two of them had the guards take me to one of the castle’s prisons. As I