Chapter 71

Farren's Point of View

Both men hurriedly slid away from me. Pulled the blanket over my body. I sat up, not paying any attention to the shard of pain in my side. Nerezza stood at the door. Her mouth was open. Eyes wide and bewildered.

Red crawled over my cheeks. Planted themselves firmly on the tips of my ears. Sheepishly, Alejandro sat back down in his chair and twiddled his thumbs. Rafael stood beside my bed, refusing to look up at my sister.

"Nez..." I started. Bit down on the words in my mind. None of them wanted to come out. Hell. I couldn't even put them all into a sentence.

Nerezza shook her head at me. Smirked. "If I had known there would be a party in here I would have come sooner." She mused, cocking her hip out to lean against the door. I blushed, covering my mouth with a hand. "But I'm not here because of that," She sighed. Looked over her shoulder at the silent hallway. "You have... Guests. They are saying that your presence is needed at the Amador manor. I assume you gav