55 Before The Exchange

*warning, there is reference to mental and physical abuse.*

Olivia.

My mother attended to my wounds and helped me get off the bed. Caspian did not return until the afternoon.

He seemed happy, and I did not want to know why. Whatever brought a smile to his face was doom to someone else.

"I see you have seen your mother," he said, and I immediately bowed. I did not want to talk to him.

"Excuse us, Guenevere," He said, and my mother became scared and went on her knees.

"Please do not punish my baby any more than you already have. I am begging you," She cried in fear, and he seemed irritated by her actions.

"I do not like the fact you are making me out to be a monster. I am nothing like your husband. I just want time alone with my wife. Leave," He told my mother using his command, and she scrambled to her feet and reluctantly left.

I knew how the command was. James had used it on me once. Remembering the scenario brought tears to my eyes.

Caspian came to sit beside me and lifted my chin