Dominique's POV

Damn that man, I thought to myself, how had he managed to become so important to me in such a short period of time? A month ago, I was desperate to escape this place. Now I was mooning around like a lovestruck teenager. And as far as I could tell, he wasn't even interested anymore!

It was a crisp, clear autumn morning, and I decided to take a walk around the grounds before the sun came up. It was something that I had done in my old life, and I had resumed ...