18
Amber
I quickly realized I couldn’t fight or outrun Cade. So I gave up. I didn’t try running from him when we dismounted at the White Palace’s gardens, or when he brought me inside and locked me in my bedroom.
Before I had felt like an esteemed guest. Now, I was a prisoner.
I wondered…did everyone know I was to be sacrificed for their court? Did they know and pretended they didn’t when they looked me in the eye, talked to me, laughed with me, brought me food, cooked with me?
I felt betrayed, humiliated.
I glanced around my bedroom. How could I escape? The door was locked, and even if I could open it, there were at least two guards outside. The window was too high, and I would break my entire body, or die, if I tried to jump.
Stubborn, I opened the windows and looked out. The exte
