~FREYA~
I knew that Lucas would blame himself for all this the second he came to his senses. He was still under the drug they had injected him with and would probably be lost over all of this.
I was happy that he wasn't in his right state. He was a good man, and I knew he would have tried to stop my father from punishing me for trying to protect him by lying.
If that had happened, there was no telling what would have taken place here tonight. Everything that happened was for the best. I would always try my hardest to protect him, even if it meant punishment.
I couldn't believe that my father had ordered his guards to whip me. I knew the punishment would not have been easy, but I didn't think it would be this bad. He has spent years ensuring that we took good care of our skin for the
