Chapter 85

TESSA MERCER.

Fear didn't quite sum up the kinds of emotions that washed over me when I heard what Bianca said. I glanced at the heating coal on the large tray, even from where I knelt, I could feel the heat that permeated from it and the strong smell of ashes that mixed with the air.

Bianca called out to the guards outside, asking them to come in and they did immediately. I was confused, even tho