Chapter 8

Lucky Shelby walks in next and makes a beeline for me, her face stricken as she flies towards me before pulling me into a hug, shocking the heck out of me.

“Oh my God, Lexi, I heard. You need to leave! It's all over the halls. The Knights picked you to be their pet. I'm so sorry, I didn't know! I didn't know anything until this morning-” she rushes out and pauses a second to catch her breath, and I feel so bad for her, I told up my hand to stop her apology.

She doesn't have anything to apologize for. It's not her fault. None of this is her fault. I was picked because of my stepbrother and his hatred for my birth mother.

“Shelby, it's okay, I promise. I can't leave here because I was told they have a guard at the front and won't let me pass. I don't know what I'm going to do, but it's not your fault, okay?” I tell her gently, placing my hand on her shoulder, trying to calm her down as I see her eyes filling with tears. “Don't cry.”

“No, no! You don't understand! That's why I was brough