Trystan shot me one last furious look as he carried Laura out of the office door. “If anything happens to her, the blood will be on your hands, Aurelia!”
I stood there in a daze as his angry face burned into my mind. All those promises we had made…
When had he stopped meaning them? How had I been so blind all this time?
I was still lost in thought when Veronica made her way through my room to my attached office. She stood in the doorway, her eyes on me. “Aurelia? Are you okay?”
Her voice snapped me back to reality. Moon Goddess, what was I doing? Why would I mope over a man who’d choose my dying sister over me?
“Yes, I’m fine,” I said to Veronica, though my voice was barely above a whisper.
She nodded, but didn’t push. “If you need me, I’ll be in my room across the hallway.”
I turne
