Rosalind's POV
I must have lost it. Because if I hadn't there was no way I would think to talk to a council member like that.
I wondered if this was how it began. The arrogance that Adelyn wore like a cloak. Was I slowly turning into one of them even though I felt that I had been right in defending myself?
I didn't know and I suspected that I might never. At least not in time to do anything about it.
And I had been unable to take the book out to crown it all. I wondered if he would go through the book that a worthless person like me has been going through or if my words would have driven him to anger as he walked out.
I was so consumed with my thoughts that I lost touch with my surroundings and someone suddenly pulled me into their arms and I looked up to see Cillian.
My eyes wi
