Chapter 11 ~ Riversdale

His heart continued to ache even now from knowing that they had lost time, that they should have left the castle without looking back.

It was such a simple plan, one they should have prepared better and yet they were powerless to his father and his wicked schemes. 

On the other hand, it had been wise to have halted the idea of leaving. Just until she had been well enough to move and cope independently.

Especially given the seriousness of it all. The last thing he wanted was to bear the consequences of meeting the wrath of her aunt, that is, if she were to find out what had happened. 

That and another thing stopped him from trying to get her to leave, to halt the plan completely in its tracks- fear. A thing that had he loathed given who had installed the feeling for many years.

His father's hold back then had been too strong for him to stop or avoid, knowing that his fat