I hugged my knees, tucked my chin low, and curled into a small ball. Hot xxx I breathed through my nose, each intake tight and desperate, suppressed to keep it quiet. Her hands were searing. The estate had gone to a rival baroness, a woman I’d never met, but her body most assuredly rested in this mausoleum. The first thought that ran through my head was ‘take me home’ but I didn’t know where that was. “Does everyone know?!”
“Everyone who was looking. “I often imagined what it would be like to lie with you. I made myself small in the corner, hoping that the darkness surrounding me was as pervasive as the darkness of my vision. “That was a question, Leveria.”
“She died in fire, killed by her own friend.” I hissed, my words shaking from me, “I’m so glad that she did.”
