Chapter 14

EMILIA POV

“No, wait. You can’t do this,” I protested against Lucas’s orders for the soldier to take me to the dungeon. “I didn’t do anything. It wasn’t me, I swear. I met her like that, you have to believe me.”

“Lucas…” Katarina started, standing in front of me and the soldier so that he wouldn’t take me just yet. “You know she didn’t do it. You need to stop.”

“Let them go, Katarina,” he only responded. “I’ll figure this out the way I want to.”

“This is not the right place to start,” Katarina warned. “Having her put in the dungeon will only make everyone panic and start to wonder what’s going on. Please just—”

“Step out of the way for them,” he commanded her, his tone devoid of warmth. She seemed to notice this as she followed his command with a sigh of defeat, turning to me.

“Just hang in there, Emilia. I’ll come back for you, I promise, okay?”

I didn’t want to rely on her words or even show that I had hopes of getting out of there, so I settled for not replying. I only stared at th