Chapter 6She looked into Ariane’s wide eyes and searched them for answers. Her chambermaid had always been loyal, but in this moment, Bonelle could not help but wonder if she was pulling her leg…leading her down the path for some kind of cruel joke and would suddenly laugh, slap her hands heartily together and tell her that she had been kidding all along. But the more seconds that past, the more she realized that this most certainly was not the case.
Ariane was being serious.
Deadly serious.
“Half man and half beast?” Bonelle asked with confusion. “How does that even happen? None of it makes any sense?”
Ariane pulled her chair closer to Bonelle’s and leaned in so that their faces were only centimeters apart. Her breathing was quick and she had a look of urgency about her, as if she kne
