Nineteen:
Imperator Zale
I spent the day reading to her. We even had breakfast and lunch together. By the time that it was mid-afternoon, there was someone that was knocking on the door.
Sirena frowned. “Are we expecting someone?”
“Not that I know of,” I said, “and we have no reason to be bothered right now. Mother and Father both know that you’re resting from your accident.”
“What do we do, Zale?” she said, her eyes wide, panicked.
“What do you mean?”
“What if he’s come back?” Sirena asked.
“Who?”
“Xavier Bones,” Sirena answered.
I frowned. “What do you mean, Xavier Bones might come back?”
Sirena swallowed. “Just…he kidnapped me once and I don’t have a guard. It could happen again.”
There was fear in her eyes, and I realized that she was sti
