Luka
I was sobbing so hard I couldn’t breathe. I thought I would pass out. I knew I had gained strength only because the toll this heartache was taking on my body had sent me into the hospital months earlier.
If I stayed at Caleb’s, I would have been taken down to the dungeon. Arthur and Vincent stood with their arms on their hips, and a cadre of lesser guards followed me away from the gates of Caleb’s manor to make sure I had really gone.
I couldn’t believe they could think I was actually a threat. But I also couldn’t believe that Caleb would be so heartless, so anything was possible.
I tried my best to get back to the apartment, but I had to take a break. Snot and tears caked my skin and clothes, so that I looked like a swamp monster.
“Luka?” Mia bent down, hands on her knees. I
