Elena POV

For a moment, her gaze flickered to Lucas and I followed it to see his face, blank as he stared back at her.

“Puppet,” He choked out, his voice hoarse with pain, “did I do something? why didn’t you come to me, to us? We would have helped you.”

She turned away from him, tears brimming in her eyes. “I don’t need your help Lucas, I’m fine, it was just an accident, Lady Cassandra lost her temper for a bit because of something I did. You don’t need to ...