Chapter 12

Kara

Burning flames and eyes filled my dreams last night. I don’t know how I made it back to my room, but I did. I am never ever going down there again. What is he keeping here?

I woke with a start. The feeling of the shadow creature touching me lingered on my skin. I could still smell the faint smell of flames as I looked around my room. There was a knock at the door as I slowly tiptoed to the door, pushing away the furniture I’d used to barricade myself in.

“Hello?” I asked tentatively. My skin was already warming with the heat of the day, a light sheen of sweat beginning to coat my skin. “Kara, please open up. I have brought you breakfast,” Marquis calls through the door for a fleeting second. I’m disappointed it’s not Elio.

We are to be married soon; will he not spend any time with me?

I shake my head at the thought, why do I want him too? I look over at where all the food from last night lay, thinking I can just graze on some of the fruit and nuts that were there. It’s gone.