Chapter 43

Gabbie POV

“Gabbie! Oh, you are so dead!” Emery hopped on top of me.

“Ouff,” I rubbed my eyes to meet my friend’s bewildered friend. “What did I do?”

“You disappeared, that’s what you did,” came Blair’s voice.

“Right… long story?” I chuckled nervously.

“Uh-huh, we have time. Maybe not as much we have to be at the castle for breakfast.” Blair slipped into her blazer.

“At the castle?” I turned to Emery.

She shrugged, “Yeah, well outside the castle. The cafeteria caught fire here and messed up our storage space and most of our food.”

“We’ll be eating scrap for months,” Blair mumbled.

“Crap,” I said.

“Come on ladies,” Blair walked out.

I kicked my sheets off so I could hurry and have a quick shower.

“Wait,” Emery put a hand on my shoulder. “I thought… something bad happened to you. I thought Harlow or Leiah…”

“It wasn’t either of them. It was Kade’s Father. He wants me out of the picture.”