Chapter 34: Dining

The dining room felt suffocatingly quiet as I sat across from Nicholas, our silence echoing louder than words. The guard's escort had led me here. Two days have passed since my failed escape. And I was locked the whole time in a room within this foreboding estate.

Suddenly, he broke the silence as he put the glass of wine on the table, looking at me, “I hope you made a lot of reflection in two days of being locked in your room”

I gazed at Nicholas, frustration boiling beneath my skin like molten lava.

"You must understand," he continued, "Attempting another escape will only lead to more consequences."

I clenched my fists, "Consequences? What more could you possibly do to me?" My voice dripped with disdain.

Nicholas's jaw tensed, "Circumstances demand a certain course of action."

I glared daggers at Nicholas, my frustration boiling over. "Why are you doing this to me? We should have rejected each other from the start!"

He stayed silent, which only made me angrier. "Say something!" I y