Forty-six:
Fiona Fallon
My first week at the new school was lonely. No one would talk to me. Everyone glared at me. I couldn’t even rely on my cousins for help. Zoe and Lotte still weren’t talking to me. Meanwhile, the boys seemed to be completely caught up in their own drama that involved girls who glared at me like I was the Spanish Inquisition torturing people. Meanwhile, Adrianus had kept his promise of not forcing me into anything that I didn’t want to do. But he also wasn’t making a point of acknowledging me.
Jack was there, but he was there as a guard. My guard. Because I was engaged to Adrianus. I couldn’t really talk to him while we were at school. I could feel his eyes on me the entire time and I knew how desperately he wanted to talk to me but we both had to be car
