”I’m not going.” I stated to Gael the moment he opened his ride’s door for me to get in. I had been thinking about it for a while now and looking at the inside of the car, it felt as though the moment I go in, I might never return here.
Gael gave me a look that quite said I didn’t have a choice here.
“If you need a plus one, I can find you one. Does it have to be me?”
His brows pulled up into a frown. “You think I’m going with you because I need a plus one?”
“T-then… was it the King who asked for me?” I stammered, hoping that wasn’t the case but seeing Gael’s silence already gave me the answer. This was as good as saying he was bringing me to my death.
With the kind of stories Nick had fed me, the King was someone to be feared. Someone who killed his parents to sit on the throne has n
