LYSARA POV
"You're not abandoning me... are you?"
The silence that followed was far more frightening than any answer he could've given.
Vaeldric remained silent, lost in his own thoughts. Wait... Did this mean he was starting to ignore me? At a time like this?
What if Seraphina exposed everything to the public? Would they condemn me the way they had condemned my family? Would I be branded as the mistress for the rest of my life?
My mind was overflowing. Every thought screamed over the others.
If my family found out, would they blame me too? I was their only hope of restoring House Varenn's reputation.
Tears began slipping down my cheeks one after another. But Vaeldric was still trapped inside his own world. For the first time, I had no idea how to pull his attention back to me.
"Yo
