Chapter 55

Alana's POV

I sat down on a bench beneath the shade of an orchid tree in my school's parking lot, my eyes darting around at the slightest sound of someone passing by and my muscles getting ready to take a quick flight at anyone I'm familiar with.

Truthfully I didn't even know how I had gotten here tho. I just kept running without looking back, I had just wanted to get as far away as possible from Alaric and the palace and by the time my chest had stopped heaving and I had caught my breath, I looked around me and here I was.

I shut my eyes tight, reprimanding myself again for the shameful thing I had done.

Fk! How could I have let it happen?

How could I have let myself succumb to that?

I really do hate myself for doing that, although deep down I don’t regret that. But it still was really wrong of me to do such. I really do hate myself for this, I thought.

I shook my head for the upteenth time, as though trying to shake away the memory of last night and make it look like the kiss had ne