CHAPTER 14

ARTEMISIA As soon as I stepped back into the hall, Sin's mother was all over me. I noticed she wasn't alone as well. The same people that had welcomed me the minute I stepped into the hall were the ones watching me now. I stared back at each of them before glancing back at her. "Are you hurt? What happened?" She inquired, clutching my hand. "Nothing happened," I replied. My brows furrowed as I glimpsed at the perplexed look on each of their faces. I was certain they knew what had gone on. But, they were waiting to hear it from me. Sin's mother sniffled and narrowed her grey eyes at me. "You smell weird. Who have you been with? Where is my son?" "He's out. And I smell the same way I always did," I said. I brought my hair closer to my nose as well as the collar of the dress I donned to sniff them. I smell the same. But, Sin's mother and his siblings had made it seem like I smell like shit. Even Sin, when he tugged me to him back in the garden, I remembered he had wrinkled his n