Ashe Pov
I don’t think I was breathing anymore. Honestly…I wasn’t sure if it mattered if I wasn’t. What was the point in trying anymore? I stared down at my bloodied fingers, the nails torn and broken, and sighed. Rhett was telling the group of guards that the guard was gone when he walked down here. They were apprehensive with him, they didn’t know who he was, what he was. I couldn’t help but wonder how long he’d be a secret for the court. When would Wren reveal him? After she turned me into a beast? Was it her way of telling them all that it didn’t matter if I was gone, because Rhett has been there the whole time? Those loyal to her would be happy. They’d think he’s amazing, that he sacrificed his whole life to spy for her. A good cause, loyal, reliable. Wren…she’s not my mother. I
