CHAPTER 12 (NEVER GET CAUGHT IN RAGS )

ANNA'S POV

I wished so badly that I could turn back the hands of time and change my actions. I would have allowed his head, which was full of sods, to roll to the ground instead of innocent Reed.

Slowly, I spat out all the grapes into my hands, my tongue all of a sudden turning bitter.

I threw them back into the bowl and walked to the bed where I went and slumped into its soft embrace.

I was exhausted. More from anger than from the journey.

I needed a plan and I needed it fast. I needed to take my vengeance.

Moreover, my imbecile fiancé was a liability to me. With him in my way, he made my task more risky.

I needed to move very fast before he destroyed my chances of saving my people.

As I devised my plan, my mind drifted off to my father and Kira at home till it finally drifted off to sleep.

I was awakened moments later by the voice of a woman talking above me.

I opened my eyes fast, my mind waking with so much speed that my body quickly positioned itself in a defensive position read