She refused to face me, so I could not see her properly.
“It’s time,” she said, and just like that, she was gone.
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I jerked awake in my room as a cold towel fell over my face.
“My lady,” I heard the maids chorus as one of them took the towel from my face.
I looked around, only to be met by the cautious stares of the maids.
Before I could question them any further, the door banged open as Dravon stepped inside.
“Hazel,” he called as he looked at me with concern.
“What happened to you?” he asked softly.
I found myself looking at him, not knowing what to say—or rather, where to start.
How could I explain what I could not quite understand myself?
“It’s nothing,” I said, trying not to sound strange. But he looked at me as though he knew I was hiding something.
“Hazel, is there an
