Chapter 245. The Rejected Sister

LILY

My aching feet wouldn’t have been able to run even for a second, even if I had the illusory opportunity to escape. I had swallowed the anguish of knowing that the gardener and Kane were being watched incessantly and they didn’t know it.

I didn’t receive any more visits. By doubling the security in my cell, they managed to repel anyone who wanted to help me out of fear of the consequences. It was for the best, I told myself, that way they would be safe and wouldn’t run that danger for me.

When Regle and his aunt arrived, I had run out of food and water a few days ago. My hair was greasy, so much so that I couldn’t run my hand through it without it getting sticky. My skin was rougher than the very walls of the prison, all softness had been extinguished. I wondered if my sister would recognize me if she saw me now, I doubted it very much, there was nothing left of the old Lily.

“Hey mop, get up,” he said, with his usual malicious smile. He entered my cell a