Vivica’s POV
As soon as I left the council room, I scurried down the hallway, fighting the naeusasting urging up to throw up right there and then. Simone’s charred face and Adrian’s fingers coated in his blood made my skin crawl.
The short walk to the elevator felt like eternity. I finally got to the elevator. Just when I was about to reach for the buttons a hand grip me from behind. I jumped around to find a maid staring, her eyes were calm and hollow, nothing like the haughty look most of them had here.
“What are you doing?” I said, my voice low, but it conveyed every bit of my fear and confusion.
“I didn’t mean to startle you, Luna. I just wanted to talk,” she bowed her head when she was done talking.
“You could have called my name, made a sound to notify me you were right behind m
