Ava sat in the garden, staring at the rising sun as she hugged her knees to herself, her head resting on a vase, a blanket covering her barely. She couldn't sleep on her bed the previous night. Somehow, she ended up spending the night in the garden and thinking about Jacob's plan for her.She'd sobbed, wept, and screamed into her palms but still, nothing made sense, and that included Jacob sending her on a suicide mission.“ You have my protection.” That was what he said. Does he really think that would comfort her and make her accept such a stupid decision?She wiped another tear from her swollen heavy eyes. She gazed at the sunrise and let her eyes close slowly. With the plans Jacob harbors for her, she is not sure she will see another sunrise again.Jacob watched from the side, standing behind a pillar. He'd been standing there watching her all night at intervals. He told the guards to let her be and as it seemed, from the way her head slouched forward, she had fallen asleep.He s
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