NIRELLE
"Why would he do that?" I ask Mara, but she shakes her head as if she does not have the answer to that.
"I have no idea, Mrs. Vexley. All I was told was to learn everything that could make you comfortable when you got here."
I hated that I had questions that could not get answers. I should be used to the madness now with Yvette and Enoch bypassing every single question I ever had in my life, but this was different. This made my heart ache in a way I never thought was possible. And instead of trying to process whatever was going on, I wanted to drown it all away.
If I went up to Lucien and asked him why, what would his answer be? Would he cook up a story or tell me the truth? Had I been his target from the get-go? Was I a pawn in his game, or did I mean more than I thought? No m
