Ember’s POV
When my university dorm came into view, Killian slowed down a notch.
My mind snapped back to reality as well and without thinking, I tugged on his waist, “You can drop us here.”
“Why?”
I wasn’t expecting that question and I froze for a second.
“My bodyguards…they…” The rest of my words never made it out.
Unless they had one, no one would ever know how embarrassing it was to have to tell people that I needed to be guarded at all times, that my Father didn’t trust me enough to let me be by myself.
It was even more humiliating when they interpreted it as having to hide because my Father had made more enemies than he could handle.
Maybe he had but despite his constant reiteration of ‘enemies,’ I’d never actually encountered one.
All of the troubles I got into were my own o
