CHAPTER 12

I was standing by the riverside that night when Ava came to me. She was convulsing in tears. I stared at her expressionless and disinterested as I felt. She froze from my stare, she looked scared. I looked away, I didn't care about why she was here anyway. I had seen her trip Gwen at the party. Anyone who crossed Gwen was an enemy.

I secretly protected Gwen several times when we were younger. Once at the city square, I heard some kids make fun of Gwen. Those kids loved swimming with no clothes on. I decided I was going to teach them a thing or two about manners. I had waited for the perfect timing. They had dunked their bodies into the ice cold water in the later hours of the morning. People were soon going to start coming.

I stole all their clothes and discarded them. They were too ashamed to come out of the water when they were done.

I had only been chanced to go out that day. I spent a good number of my life literally locked up in the castle.

I had paid the heal