TRIGGER WARNING: This chapter contains descriptions of self-harm ideas which can be triggering for certain readers. Readers' discretion is advised. ————————————————————————— Hope's POV I knew he was plotting something behind my back. I wasn’t stupid, and Caelan didn’t become my Prince Charming during one night. That simply didn’t happen, and I would be a fool if I believed in him. I haven't been the same since what happened with Elisa and Jona. I take all the torture they inflict on me in silence; my mind disconnects, and I don’t realize what they are doing to me. Caelan tried to send people so I would open up to them, but that is not happening. I will only cost them their death, and I don’t want my consciousness to eat me alive. I haven’t been able to sleep properly, either. Each

