The two bodyguards left immediately. Seamus and Persephone were the only ones in the house.

Seeing her battered appearance stirred anger and pain within Seamus.

"We brought a significant amount of ointment from Centrolis." He placed the burn ointment in her hand. "I noticed you burned your arm. I'm unsure if other parts of your body are affected, so I can't assist there. Examine yourself and attend to any injuries. I'll be waiting at the door. Call me when you're finished."

Persephone remained motionless, tears streaming from her vacant eyes.

"Miss!"

"Why did he do that to me?" She trembled. "He told me he liked me last night!

"He's been the one protecting me since I came to Flinge... How did he change so abruptly? Is he no longer protecting me because the breakfast I made sucked?

"Tell me why?!"

loud, wrapping her head around her arms and curling

her, stood up slowly, his eyes revealing

as he had before, he stood before her like a god in control of everything. His clenched fists

should intertwine her destiny with

putting effort into something that won't work. He doesn't

up, turning her

here like a good girl for these two days.

whether it was the Hamertons or the Thompsons, would make them view him

would ascend. He would be

as if

push Morpheus out of her mind, but his image persisted. The chair triggered visions of him sitting there while the

the plants and trees in the courtyard stirred recollections of the mountains and forests he had

teary-eyed, she managed

was consistently absent from home, leaving a rotation of peculiar-looking bodyguards in

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