19
Cade
Every cell in my body screamed for me to go to Amber’s bedroom and check if she was okay, but I stopped myself, because I knew I would only make everything worse. She wasn’t ready to talk yet. Honestly, I wasn’t sure she would ever be.
Her new handmaid told me she had refused to go to the Moon Temple this morning, as I expected. Then, Mahaera showed up in my study as I paced across the floor, sure soon I would leave markings on the hard, white stone. She assured me that missing one cleansing ritual in the middle of them all wouldn’t be a problem.
“Are you sure there’s no other way to stop this curse?” I asked Mahaera again. I probably had asked her that a thousand times now.
“I’m sure,” she said, her tone curt.
There were so many other problems, though. I was beside myself th
