Chapter 39

SERAPHINA

I walked down the hallway slowly, my hands brushing against the cold wall. The palace was quiet, and surprisingly my heart began pounding like it was hiding something from me. I stopped in front of his room. The same room he always stayed in.

I raised my hand and knocked.

“Leone?” My voice was low.

Silence.

I waited, my chest rising and falling with a strange feeling. The look he had given me when he informed me of paying him back for saving my sister still flashed ...