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I didn’t want to raise any suspicion to anyone watching that we were talking.

She said she didn’t want to speak to me until we were back home, Isaid back.

She changed her mind. You need to go to her as soon as you can tonight. It’s important.

I gave him a slight nod, barely noticeable to anyone around before standing up to follow Nathara to the next part of the scheduled day.

I had become a fucking lap dog.

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Chapter 33

Violet

I sat up, waiting for Calum to come. I didn’t know how long it would take before he would have the chance, but I didn’t care. I needed to talk to him. I needed to know how he’d react.

And what he would do.

It was well into the night before he made it to my room.

“We need to talk about something that happened before I came to the Night Realm,” I said, taking a step back from him as he approached me.

No matter how much I may have wanted him to hold me, to comfort me, I hadn’t forgotten what he did with Nathara.

He looked at me, confused, and I started from the beginning, making sure I included every detail as it was still so fresh in my mind.

The torture, the visits with Astrid, the things his mother said to me, Astrid’s death, all the way down to the witch wiping my memories.

He stood there for a moment, stunned by everything I had said.

“If your memories were taken away, how did you learn of this?” he asked. Everything I had told him, and this was his response.

“Sebastian. He saw the glamour on my back that was hiding the scars. So he went into my mind and removed the spell that was hiding the memories.”

“You . . . you let him into your mind?” he asked with a look of astonishment on his face.

“I had to know what happened,” I said. I knew he thought I shouldn’t have let my guard down, but nothing mattered in that moment except discovering the truth.

“Do you not realize how stupid that is? He could be lying! He could’ve placed false memories in there!”

I undid the button at the top of my dress and let it fall to the ground before turning around to show him my back.

“Is this real enough for you? Those are scars. Scars from something that happened months ago. Do you not understand how bad it was for me to not heal properly?”

Calum gently laid his hand on my back, causing me to jump. Even if they were months old, they were so fresh to me. I knelt down and grabbed my dress, pulling it on my shoulders.

“Your mother did this, Calum. Letting Sebastian in to show me the truth? It doesn’t matter. You should be thanking the gods that he can see glamours and he told me. The only thing that matters is that you finally realize how cruel your mother is and what you plan to do with her now that you know this.

“So tell me Calum, what are you going to do about what happened to me?”

He looked at me as he ran his fingers through his hair, contemplating his next words. Considering his options.

But there was only one option that I would be okay with: pain.

“I am going to send her away,” he said.

I raised my eyebrow in confusion. “Away to where?” I asked.

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