The sun is shining and hot as I leave Rune's. There are so many people about, but luckily, I don't seem to get any attention. The sneaky human sneaking out of another male's house in the middle of the day. I can't believe what Rune has told me. Literally can't. My brain seems to be having trouble understanding it. Like it couldn't possibly be true. As if it's hard to believe that Elijah could lie like that. It's not. I don't think I want to believe it. It's too big of a lie, too horrible. Who can treat someone like that? Like my life was completely without value, that taking me away from everything I knew and loved and bringing me here for some scheme was no big deal. I guess as a human, my life isn't a big deal to him, to any Fae. I'm a blip in time, an insignificant existence. But not to
