Chapter 14

Karina

I didn’t talk with Damon once on the ride back to Magnus’ home. It was a hard stretch to call it my own. Staring off into the distance, I compared the trip to how it had been when I’d slipped into that trunk in the first place.

Why had I been so excited and happy? Sure, I’d been bullied back home, but what I’d endured paled to this. I would gladly take any of those pranks again, no matter how humiliating or dangerous.

I’d nearly died. If Shepard had not caught me, I would have just shattered into pieces when I hit the ground. And now I had to figure out a way to get myself together and convince my mother that I’d made the right decision and that I was happy.

What was I supposed to say? Hey mom, don’t worry about me or the fact that I threw my life away. I’m perfectly happy with this Prince that treats me like just an accessory in his house, and who also likes to mess with me when his woman isn’t around. Or maybe I would mention how I was followi