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

trembled, struggling to hold

I dont want to go, Papa, I dont want to! She suddenly threw her arms around my

started crying against my

stiff, unsure how to reactI had never interacted

her back and assured her she wouldnt ---- have to go to that

the best tutors

was soft, childlike, but

lavender that I had overlooked, buried beneath the emotions of this dramatic

her watching us from the gap in the door

how long she had been there, but our eyes met across

brimming with emotion, a storm of complex feelings swirling in

door open and stepped into the

Her cheeks flushed pink.

was because she had been caught watching or because of

face upon seeing her, but

I picked her up and carried her over

I was looking

your father," she said softly, stroking the

real smile, one I had never seen on her

always seemed moody and withdrawn, but

Father Duke said I dont have

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