Marsai:
It’s been twelve hours since Jace said those awful things to me, and honestly? I couldn’t even bring myself to be mad at him.
If the roles were reversed, I’d probably feel the same way. Still, Dad told me to stay calm, that Jace would come around eventually.
So that’s exactly what I was trying to do.
I sat across from Millie, the beta’s daughter, who’d been nothing but sweet to me since I got here. We were playing chess, something I’d begged her to teach me just weeks ago.
“Oh no,” she groaned, eyeing the board. “You’re totally about to beat me, aren’t you?”
I grinned before nudging one of my pawns forward. “You bet I am.”
It was funny how I’d gone from clueless to kicking her butt in just a few games.
“I’m gonna—”
I stopped mid-sentence as the sound of approaching footst
