Chapter 63

“Listen to me. I don’t want you to go. I need you to comply for a little while, and we’ll figure this out together. When this settles, I’ll go to the orphanage and pack up all your stuff, and we can talk about where we go from there; right now, I need you to come with me and do as I say.” He has that edge to his voice I usually hear when he’s leading his pack around. It’s the ‘don’t argue with me’ commanding tone of Prince Santo. What else can I do? I’m technically a prisoner here with nowhere else to go. I’m on my feet, with persistent pain in my ass bossing me around, in a house full of people who hate me. I only have him on my side to depend on, and only because the Fates forced it. I have nowhere else, and if I’m being honest with myself, everything is too messy, my gifts too new, and my mental state a little too on the fragile side to be thinking about going anywhere alone. So, I nod reluctantly. “Come on then. Stay close to me.” Colton turns and leads the way, sensing I don’t wan