-Laelia-
I glared at the mystery man in front of me. The one who had first treated me like a toy, then like someone he cared about, and now like an enemy. Would he ever just be… normal?
“What have you done to them?” I sneered as I walked back into the room, still putting pressure on my wound.
“I thought you had already figured that out,” he said calmly.
“Why are you doing this? You invited me here! I came, so why are you playing these games?”
He just reached out and grabbed one of my white strands of hair, running it between his fingers. I watched as he slowly pulled his hand back, letting the hair fall back in place.
“Ashes’s mother was here,” he said.
“What?”
“She asked me for my help as well. She asked me to kill her son and then bring you and your brothers to your uncle,” he s
