Chapter 54

Nova’s POV

Walking out of the bathroom with a towel in my hand, I strolled over to the dresser with my dampened hair, wetting the floor I walked on.

I got to the dresser and sat down quietly in front of the mirror while staring at my reflection in the mirror. My hair was scattered all over my face, my eyes were red due to excess cries and I watched as more tears rolled down my eyes.

I sniffed, moving the towel to my head, absent-minded wiping my hair as my mind drifted back to earlier in the hallway.

‘She used us! She used us to get to His Majesty!’

Remembering the little voice that yelled out to me in the hallway, I jumped out of the stool, falling to the floor with my head hitting hard against the tiled floor.

My head hurt but what I was feeling in my heart hurt more than the one I was hurting in my head.

“Why did I do it? Why the hell did I agree to do it?” I sob quietly, my heart clenched as I recalled how I had stabbed Prescott with that dagger.

My hands curled into a tight fist