Chapter 28

My heart wouldn't stop racing at the possible things that Holland might say to me as we approached his room, which was on the other side of the castle. The more steps I took on the black shiny tiles, the more I tried to push away the negative thoughts in my head, hoping that meeting Holland would result in a positive outcome, but I knew that was a fairy tale and that I wasn't wrong to have negative thoughts about meeting Holland. I was sure the rumours had reached him by now, and I doubted he would take it lightly, but I could only try to hope for the best. We had finally started to get closer to each other and build our trust in each other. I was sure he would feel betrayed. Knock knock Simon hesitantly knocked on the tough wooden doors of Holland's chambers after letting go of his grip on my hands. I could also see that he wasn't sure of what we were doing but just wanted to help out. I had not noticed how far Holland's chambers were until I realized that we were in the more lively p