59

MAEVE

My appetite left with Kian after our painful conversation.

I was scared, and a tiny voice in my head kept mocking me that I might not be alive for very long.

I heard my door unlocking and snapped upright, waiting to see who'd enter.

It hadn't been long since the maids brought me food. So, who was—

Oh.

My thoughts took a pause. Swallowing hard, I rose to my feet as Ronan made his wa