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Kiara's POV

When I opened my eyes, I was in a strangely familiar room.

I had been drugged and taken captive. I'd Danien could see this I did not doubt that he would take one look at my situation and give an I told you so that would put all other I told you so out of business.

He had warned me about taking off on my own but I had felt that I was safe in our gardens. Turned out that I was wrong. Again.

Maybe it was about time that I started listening to him.

The door opened and I looked up to see my abductor. In hindsight, I should have expected this.

"Ashly?"

Ashley walked into the room with an almost pleasant expression on her face. Unlike at the execution and almost every other time I had seen her here, she wasn't decked out in an expensive dress.

"Hello, Kiara." She said amiably like we had gathered here for tea or something.

I blinked in surprise before glaring at her angrily struggling against my restraints that weren't silver but a well-tied knot that seemed to dig in deeper