Chapter 58

HAZEL

It’s been three days since I ran away from here and Darian brought me back. Three days since he slaughtered my family and three days since he put me on a literal leash. The marks from the leash took hours before it healed and the day after, I found that the door was locked and I couldn’t get out. On day two, the door was unlocked but I couldn’t find anyone, no one I wanted to talk to at least. It seemed like both Elise and Nora were avoiding me for some reason but of course, Mrs. Smith was close by at all times shedding a comforting black fog over an otherwise not very sunny day. At first, I was worried that Nora had been punished, or worse, for having talked to me but then I saw two guards walking out of a bedroom while buttoning their uniforms and realized that there must be a Belle present in the palace.

Darian came back at night to sleep for about three hours before he was at it again—so at least I didn’t have to see him an awful lot for which I was grateful.