*Daphne*
I should have felt excited about stepping foot in the capital again, but my stomach hadn't settled down since convincing Carissa and Kyle to bring us back. This was a dangerous arrangement, as Eva would surely be taken into custody if my parents found out she was this close to the palace. They still saw her as a threat, and for all I knew, she was.
“Remember our agreement," Carissa barked, warning me with a look of contempt in her eyes. “You find us the Grimoire, or we let Rion die."
I nodded my head, fighting the urge to simply tell my parents about her and Eva's whereabouts. In no time at all they would have locked up Carissa and Kyle, and their reign of terror would have been over.
But then I needed to consider what they would do to Rion and Eva. He would surely be execute
