Kyria
I could not wait for daybreak. He’s always in his private lounge by this time.
As I turned, Lassy was up. “Hey,” she said.
“You’re up? Sorry my noise woke you up.”
I walked to the door, and she asked, “Where are you going?”
I turned “ to Derek.”
“What? All of a sudden? By this time,” she checked her phone for the time. “By the way, there is no need to go to his room; he’d be at his private lounge. Go up.”
“Thank you.”
She just stared at me. “Is it really necessary to go?”
I just smiled and left.
I got there before him.
I waited in Derek’s private lounge. The lights were dim, flickering through the full-length glass that overlooked the city like a crystal throne.
I had been summoned— no , summoned was the wrong word. I had barged in , ignoring Lassy’s warning glances, i
