Chapter 16

“Can you stay today?” Klara whispered to the blonde.

She nodded and sat, “Did you get picked at the ceremony?” Klara asked.

“Yes, the movies are wrong… I wish I was a human.” she brought her finger to her bruised cheek.

*

Klara had been at the castle five weeks, five gloriously isolated weeks. Klara was gaining confidence and day by day her body was slowly morphing from an adolescent to a woman. Therefore, most of her wardrobe had to be changed to a size up. She had been to see the doctor the week before. He checked her weight and was impressed, he said she was nearly at what he would expect, she’d also even grown an inch. She still wasn’t completely sure on letting Marc in her bed, so they were still separate, altho