Chapter 15
KOTORI STIFLED a scream. He clamped his hands over his mouth and reeled backwards across the stone floor in the cellar. He crashed into one of the stone pillars, and nearly knocked himself out when the back of his head hit the stone.
For a long time, nothing happened, other than that the prince’s chest clearly moved. He was staring at the ceiling, but his eyes blinked.
Kotori’s heart thudded against his ribcage. He alternated between wanting to run and a desire to get help, knowing that if he came to the guards saying that the prince had risen, people would think he was mad.
The prince ran a hand over the disgusting bandage that hid the stab wound in his side. He lifted his head.
This was impossible. The prince was dead. He had to be a ghost, except all Kotori’s tutors had
