Sarah POV
I don’t care.
The words were like a punch to the gut. She understood why Marcus had said what he’d said, but it didn’t make them any less hurtful. Though she knew she could act a certain way if she were antagonized. When Marcus had said no, her hackles rose and she felt the unexplainable need to push back, to show him she wasn’t some weak little girl he could boss around.
Sarah and Alexandra hurried back to their rooms, running through the hallway quickly. Sarah had only just closed the secret passageway, and plopped down on the couch when a guard entered her room.
Lucky for her, the man didn’t notice how she was trying to control her rapid breaths or that the book she was pretending to read was upside down.
“Satisfied?” She taunted the man, who only grunted in response, bef
