CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

RONIN.

My words were followed by a very heavy silence and the tension continued to intensify as I stood behind the locked door. I could hear the maids all talking about what was happening and the threat I had just made had the whispers getting more and more profound.

And it was very annoying, to say the least. My frustration was mounting with each passing second, and the fact that she had ignored me made me mad. This was worse than I thought! I said to myself, heavily regretting my choices lately.

It wasn't until I had knocked that she replied, as if she took joy in seeing me getting more and more frustrated.

"If you want to bring down the door, go ahead. It's your door anyways, and I'd love to see you try." She retorted before a butter laugh escaped her lips again. The laugh was what got to me, because of how hollow and how much pain that was filled in there.

The challenge in her voice threw me off guard for a second and I knew she seemed like someone who had nothing to lose. I k