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Chapter 86

Arya

We fall silent for god knows how long. All I know is I’m just sitting there twisting my hands and waiting for Duke Basset to tell me the catch. He keeps opening and closing his mouth like he can’t figure out what to say, so I decide to turn around and face him.

“How can I help?” I ask at last, leaning closer to Duke Basset and staring into his eyes. “What do you have in mind? Because I don’t know what to do.”

He clears his throat. “Again, I just want to say that I like you for my son and I have no problems with you as a person. I think you’re a wonderful influence to him . . . but I would need you to spend some time apart.”

I was expecting him to say something like that since he got here, but for some reason, hearing it unfold like that makes me feel sick. My heart drops and I have to gasp because my throat closes up and I feel like I’m going to pass out at any moment.

Duke Basset watches me with a sad expression, but he didn’t make a move to comfort me. “I really am sorry, Arya.
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