Heather's POV

My cheeks burned with humiliation as I slammed my bedroom door shut. Prince Keith's words were so condensing and dismissive, I still couldn't believe what had made him think of all that, how could he think I had a purpose or I was happy with the fact that Nyles was sent out of the palaces Was that what he thought this was? I was just trying to be decent, especially after... well, after the drunken disaster. I had tried to forget about it, pushed it to the back of my mind, but ...