Chapter 76

Ella POV

Standing outside of Grace’s cabin I stare at the door, unsure if I should knock or not. I haven’t been back here since I stormed out after hearing that Walter was hired to kill me when I was just a child. Looking back at the situation now, I suppose I may have overreacted a bit. But at the time I felt angered and betrayed. I raise my hand to knock on the old door and Emmett stiffens beside me, standing at attention.

“Don’t do that,”

I hiss at him.

“Don’t do what?”

He whispers back in confusion.

“Don’t stand like a member of the Royal Guard,”

I whisper yell back at him.

Emmett’s eyebrows furrow and he looks at me in confusion. “But that’s what I am.”

“Just don’t be that here,”

I tell him harshly.

Emmett tries to relax at my side, but his demeanor is still much to stiff. I let out a frustrated sigh and knock on the door. Grace opens the door with a bright smile on her face, “It took you long enough,”