Chapter 8.
I couldn’t sleep that night. I tossed and turned in my own bedroom, all alone. I hadn’t felt right sleeping in Nyeer’s bed with Everly so close. I would have spent the whole time wondering what he could hear, I was sure of it.
So, I’d asked if I could have a night alone.
Nyeer hadn’t been happy about it, but he hadn’t tried to force the issue.
For that, I was glad.
Instead, I stared up at ceiling, the swirling mass of stars painted on the roof making me feel like I was outside. Giving me the illusion of nature and sleeping under the night sky.
But I wasn’t outside. I was warm and safe, inside a castle.
While Fiore rotted in a dungeon, probably beneath the Academy.
Learning that had added another level to my torment. If he really was being held there, it meant I could hav
