Chapter 127

My eyes darted there and the door was ajar. I perked up my ears and heard someone there. Either I had a visitor or it was the tyrant himself.

I only got the solution in one way, which is why I started moving. Inwardly I prayed that it didn't matter who it was, just not my mate. I wouldn't survive any confrontation yet. Apart from that, I had no idea how to behave towards him. I had to discuss this with myself first, or rather with Aurore. Maybe she had a good idea.

When I got to my destination, I was polite enough to knock and then slowly pushed the door open. On the one hand, I was surprised to find this company of all people, but on the other hand, somehow it wasn't. One could certainly have expected it.

Yasmina looked at me for a long time with an emotionless expression. Whatever had happened to her, it must have been cruel. There was nothing to be found in her eyes except darkness and joy was probably a foreign word to her. Still, her presence was a thousand