Aurelia

“You know Kane never wanted you to come here.”

“I don’t really care about what he thinks is best for me. I clearly have other things to worry about.”

Elena came faster than I expected. We’re presently at a restaurant since I couldn’t talk to her in my dorm.

“Sorry for missing your birthday.”

“That was a few days ago, it's fine.”

“Did he wish you-”

“Can we not talk about Kane right now. My birthday went pretty well, thank you very much. We have so many other things to talk about.”

“Fine, what do you want to know?”

“First off, who is my mother hiding from?”

“Why do you think she’s hiding?”

“Come on, she literally pretended to be dead and is still in hiding.”

“The king.”

“King?”

“The king of Rome.”

“Wait hold on, why did she need me to be in that accident, she could have pretended to be dead on her own.”

“It wouldn’t have been as authentic. They knew she might try to come out with some kind of plan to run, so she knew this was the only way they would believe. She woul