Chapter Fifteen
Etta left Alex once before. After Alex imprisoned Edmund for his magic, he’d asked her to break his friend out of the dungeons and get him somewhere he’d be protected. It was amazing how far the king of Gaule had come since then.
When she’d gotten free of the castle with Edmund and Tyson, Alex hadn’t known her true identity, and she hadn’t known the true implications of the curse. She hadn’t known that every moment she spent at a distance from her charge would be shrouded in agony.
She hadn’t planned to return, but instead to seek out La Dame and break the curse.
She’d been naive.
When Alex learned who she was and of the magic in her blood, he’d sent his men after her and the small string of hope she’d had for him had been broken.
She never imagined it would be restor
