Autumn’s POV

I was finally starting to enjoy the silence of my room when I heard the knock. At first, I thought it was one of the maids bringing food, but the sound was too heavy and uncertain, like whoever was knocking didn’t know if they had the right to.

I already knew before I opened the door. My chest tightened. I didn’t want to see them, but my curiosity betrayed me. I pulled the door open slowly, and just as I guessed, there they were. All three of them.

They were annoyingly ...