"Amber! Amber...open up," I paused and reluctantly opened my eyes at the piercing noise of Vera's voice. Sighing, I placed my viola down on the bed and walked over to open the door.
I didn't want to though. My mind was reeling with everything. And no matter how hard I try, I couldn't escape the disappointment that had I been of superior birth as well and it was such an insulting thing to even think about both to myself and my dead parents, but had I been like Vera and Vin then...then Ivan would have been mine. Because I was the one who risked my life to save him. I was just eight then and it wasn't easy. In an attempt to pull him up, I almost drowned myself, and ever since then, I have developed a strong aversion to deep water. I was scared of water. But it didn't matter. None of it, as l
