Lilieth
I’m standing on the balcony in my room when I hear a knock at the door.
It’s Deo. “May I?”
I nod and she joins me. The sky is a lovely shade of dark blue and it’s a cool night. The lights are all on in the village, and I can see the perfect little stone houses from where I’m standing. Right now, I wish I was there, in the village. Away from this mess that my family life has suddenly become.
Okay, that’s a little unfair because Anice is the only one who’s genuinely distressing me. There’s Golen, too, but he’s someone I can easily ignore.
“Tough day, huh?”
I scoff. “More like a tough life.”
“Has Anice apologized?”
“I doubt that she will.”
Deo clicks her tongue against her teeth. “You know, when I first met her, she seemed pretty bratty to me, but we talked, and she was al
