Chapter 142

AVERY

My head hurts. It’s a familiar feeling, to wake up with a splitting pain everywhere and it leaves me groaning.

I place my palm over my eyes, trying to understand what’s happening for a few seconds.

I was with Aleister. He kissed me, without a care in the world. The eyes that watched were all awed. They couldn’t believe their King was so in love with an enemy Princess.

Then, he said something and he looked so hurt.

‘ I will never abandon you. I promise. ’

My ears ring, and I can only hear one noise in the background—the violent splashes of water as it crashes against the shore.

The salty taste lingers in the air, biting into my skin and sending my mind into a state of frenzy.

“ Princess, are you awake? ” Renee’s soft voice whispers close to my ear.

I shoot up in the bed, my chest heaving rapidly. I look around. The room is familiar to the one I had in the South—my home. But it’s not that place.

The air carries a sense of cruelty. My lungs tighten as my wide eyes move towards Ren