FIFTEEN | A LOVE CHILD

I returned to the courtesan quarters in a daze. Was Milian really going to punish me as he said? He knows it was not my fault. He looked furious, not just at Gideon but also at me.

I quickly changed into plain clothes before my mother or aunt got suspicious. Everyone who was around my age was in the common room in the quarters, listening to every single word that Victoria's grandmother had to say.