AXEL
I reached for my phone, still feeling a bit annoyed from everything Kayden had said.
When I saw the message, I didn’t even need to open it to know what it would be about.
It was my Dad.
My stomach tightened a little. I tapped the screen and opened the message anyway.
“This is your last chance to walk away from that cursed girl. Don’t throw everything away. The Swearing-in ceremony is only a few days from now. Think carefully, Axel.”
I let out a slow breath and stared at the words.
Cursed girl.
That’s all he ever called her. Like Diana was some disease. Like she hadn’t been through enough already.
He didn’t care what she’d lost. He didn’t care that she had been lied to and cursed because of something she didn’t know.
All he cared about was the ceremony and his image.
I drop
