32 Unlucky

Scarlett.

"If you wanted to leave, all you had to do was say so, Scarlett. You went too far," I finally heard Lucian in my head. He was angry. I sat in the dark room and welcomed it despite his angry tone.

"I did not do it," I said.

"Bianca has no reason to lie. We trust her with our lives. She has never drugged or poisoned us before. Her family has served ours for generations. She would never betray us," He said.

"But I am a Vladislav, a tyrant's daughter," I said, and he was silent.

"We will send you warm clothes and investigate. I want to believe you, Scarlett, but the evidence is damning. I had Bianca flogged, and she maintained the story. I threatened to cast her out, and she maintained the story, Scarlett. If you had told me. We would have let you go, and I would have gotten back with Stasia to ease the heartbreak. I might not love her, but I would have tried with her. You made me end that bond only to try to leave us, Scarlett," he said, sounding betrayed, and I began to cr