Elena POV
For a moment, her gaze flickered to Lucas and I followed it to see his face, blank as he stared back at her.
“Puppet,” He choked out, his voice hoarse with pain, “did I do something? why didn’t you come to me, to us? We would have helped you.”
She turned away from him, tears brimming in her eyes. “I don’t need your help Lucas, I’m fine, it was just an accident, Lady Cassandra lost her temper for a bit because of something I did. You don’t need to worry.”
“Lost her temper?” I forced the words out from between tightly clenched teeth, my hands whitened against the arm of the couch.
“She’s not a child that doesn’t know better than to hit someone when they don’t get their way. How could you possibly still be defending her?”
“I’m not…” she whispered, swallowing hard, “I’m not def
