CHAPTER 14
BELLA'S POV
I was just about to pull myself together and return to the servant quarters when two rough hands grabbed my elbows and dragged me down the hallway.
I twisted and pulled against the guards iron grip, but they didn’t even flinch. My heart pounded harder, wild with panic. What was happening? Why were they dragging me?
"What are you doing?!" I shouted, thrashing as my feet scraped uselessly against the stone floor, struggling to make sense of any of this.
They hauled me out of the castle and across an open field. My voice caught the second I saw who was waiting.
Lenaya stood ahead, her mouth curled into a smile that made my skin crawl. The guards forced me to my knees before a wooden block, its rough surface looked worn.
The stains on the block caught my eye, and
