LARA
I felt uneasy just sitting in my room and doing nothing. The sensation of soon approaching doom was not leaving me. Something was off and I knew it. I could sense it with my skin.
I jumped when I heard a knock on my door. No one was supposed to come here this early. Lady Fiona said that she would bring me food after midnight to avoid being seen. Yet it was her voice behind the door.
“It’s me,” she hissed, “Open up.”
I obeyed, of course, I brought enough trouble to that woman already to disrespect her now.
She came in with her usual elegance and sighed, “I tried, my dear, I really tried. But I am afraid you still have to go and serve lady Gianna.”
My lips parted in surprise. That wasn’t our plan at all.
“What happened?” I asked her bluntly, “I thought we…”
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