-Joseph-
Cora comes into my office. She doesn’t knock. She doesn’t say a word. Silently, she sits in the chair across from my desk, grasping the arms. She stares into my eyes, barely blinking.
“What’s wrong?” I ask as panic rises inside me. I could barely feel her through the bond. Nothing seemed concerning until a few moments ago. At one point, I thought she felt excited, but it’s weak, so I may have been wrong.
She shakes her head, finally blinking. “Your f*****g family.”
I laugh. She doesn’t curse often, but I love it when she does. It’s usually about my messed-up family. “What now?”
“The queen was naked, tied to a chair, with a gag in her mouth,” she says. “He made me sit in the chair like that was completely f*****g normal and then tried to convince me to kill her bef
