Mira
Sixty days…sixty days…
The words echoed in my head as the night continued. It took all my composure to continue the performance. I fought the shaking in my hands and forced a smile onto my face as we moved through the crowd.
I was so sure Valen had taken back over. He’d been composed and seemed to understand we were putting on a show. He was supposed to be acting so that we could get through this party, not set a date for the ceremony only two months away!
He’d been so adamant that I could leave once Blaze was satisfied. He’d promised that I could go back to my family and live my life freely – hells, he’d tried to make me sign a contract!
Was he changing his mind? Or was Blaze’s influence bleeding into him?
Dread wrapping its cold fingers around me as Valen g
