Chapter 629

---- She didnt answer immediatelyshe hesitated, eyes fixed on the carpet.

Isighed and stood, walking toward her.

Answer me honestly.

Do you want to go to this academy? J...

[have to be a good lady so I dont embarrass Father Duke...

I will go » Thats not what I asked you, Lavinia, I interrupted, crouching down to her level.

I gently lifted her chin with my finger, forcing her to meet my gaze those red eyes filled with rejection at the idea.

It was obvious she didnt want to go and be locked away in that noblewomans prison.

Tell me the truth.

What do you want? Go on, dont be afraid.

Your father wants to hear you, I spoke to her with warmth for the first time.

It felt strange, but I knew how important this girl was to Katherine.

Tunderstood nowLavinia had been nothing more than an innocent victim of all the dark dealings of the adults around her.

No...

no, Papa...

dont want to leave

mouth trembled, struggling

send me to that school, I dont want to go, Papa, I dont want to! She suddenly threw her arms around

crying against

stiff, unsure how to reactI

back and assured her she wouldnt ----

the

soft, childlike, but

of lavender that I had overlooked,

and turned my head, catching sight of her watching

idea how long she had been

wet, brimming with emotion, a storm of complex feelings swirling in their

the door open

Her cheeks flushed pink.

it was because she had been caught watching or because of all the

Lavinia lifted her tear-streaked face upon seeing her, but she didnt let go

I picked her up and carried her

was looking

father," she

one I had

always seemed moody and withdrawn, but now, she

I dont have to

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