The full moon is tomorrow.I was lying in bed more and more, holding the same position, as if I were asleep.Through the haze, the bedroom door was shoved open.Jaeren stormed in, anger all over him, and reached out to yank me up from the bed.“Why hasn’t Cersei’s arm healed yet!?”With effort, I turned my head and glanced at Cersei behind him.A large patch of dark red and purple bruising had spread across her arm.Jaeren’s face darkened.“If Cersei’s arm scars, I’m holding you responsible.”As the words left his mouth, the hand gripping my arm suddenly froze.Only then did he seem to realize how cold my skin was, colder than any living person’s should be.“What the hell is wrong with you?”“You lie here every day, eat, sleep, sleep, eat. So why are you getting weaker by the day?”Cersei bent down beside me, close to my ear.“Elira, I know you’re upset.”“But you can’t keep making yourself like this on purpose, just to use Jaeren’s soft spot and force him to look at you.”The moment J
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