Katherine Pov
My hands subconsciously caressed the space he had just left, his scent hitting me.
A weak aching settled in the middle of my chest.
For a moment, I allowed myself to enjoy everything, allowed myself to forget that the tall man might come outside once he found out that I had been pretending.
Three guards walked in, taking positions in front of me, all armed. I did not need anyone to tell me that Klaus had been the one who sent them to me.
They remained there, their backs facing me, while I hugged the place where he had been.
In the moment we had just spent, I had discovered that he was actually a good person.
The world just made him evil.
I was still wrapped in my cocoon of fake fantasy when the guards started leaving, one after the other.
Goosebumps crawled on my sk
