Alya POV
I was back at the palace before one in the morning. That was the plan. I had high hopes no one would find out I was gone, but here I was in front of an angry John and a brooding Leo, who wouldn’t even look at me. We were in John’s office, on the first floor. He probably didn’t want our parents to hear him shouting at me.
“You can shout at me, John. I’m ready to listen.” I met his glare at me squarely.
“Alya. You don’t know the hell I went through tonight.”
“Oh, I know very well, John. I could not take it. That was why I fainted the other day, remember?” I raised my chin and tilted my head. I knew I was out of reason. I shouldn’t have brought it to their faces. The other day was different from what I did earlier, but brought out similar emotions.
John ran his hand through his
