Cindra’s POV
The dream had been wonderful, but the morning had come too soon. I had considered wallowing in my room for the rest of the day, but I would have gone stir-crazy, and there was no sense in doing that.
So I made my way down the hallway, off to do my chores, my mind lost in thoughts of Helio and Aspen Caldwell.
“Oh, look who it is?”
I went still at the sound of Meri’s voice and looked up. I should have tried to escape, but I couldn’t make my feet move. As usual, Meri had a whole group of her lackeys with her, lower-tiered daughters of Alphas, nobles, or wealthy merchants who flocked to Meri because Kalinda tended not to associate with them.
“Funny how she has enough pride to still be walking around like she owns the place,” Meri said. “Guess we’ll have to fix this situation.
