I was allowed to wander around the castle, but only in the west wing. It had no access to any of the staircases and the very few rooms that were in use were occupied by Declan and Elliot. Whenever Declan slept, Elliot was there to watch over him and protect him from evil me. It is not like I ran into Declan very often. Elliot was a vampire and therefore liked being alone, but from what I heard about Declan, he was as much a werewolf as a werewolf can be. He spends his days surrounded by his people, preferably outside, and wasn’t much for the planning and politics that Elliot did a lot of.
I turned around in my bed again. The mattress may not be as soft as the one I had in the palace, or as the one in Aris’ room, but it wasn’t just that which kept me up at night. I could ignore the pain d
