~KAYLA
The guards dragged me away from his office.
The world seemed to have slowed down as they took me away. All sounds faded away and reached my ears as echoes. My heart pounded heavily against my chest. My intake of breath was short.
The maids and other servants lined the hall as they took me through. They pointed fingers at me. They gossiped
about me. They whispered to themselves. There were different expressions on their faces. Some had sad sympathetic expressions. Others seemed to marvel at my ordeal.
I was a fugitive now. I was no longer wanted. They all hated me. A lot of them pointed accusing fingers at me. They had no idea that I was trying to do them a favor. They did not understand that I was only trying to save them from the monster that resided inside Killian.
"Trait
