Chapter 42: The Rogue King

Diana "What?" I asked once I heard the last part of her sentence. "Yes. Killing your mate. And if he comes back alive, it only means that he would have succeeded to a great extent. Now come with me." She grabbed my hand and led me into one of the houses before dumping me in a cage and then locking the door. "No one should touch you while you're still there. If you're hungry, scream. If I hear you, I'll come get you some food. If you want to pee, there's a bucket in the corner. If you want to shit well, I don't care. I'm not your nanny." She turned and left, but my mind was suddenly on Lady Grew as I wondered whether or not she had survived. "Sky," I cried out in my mind but was met with yet another wall of silence. I shook my head, thinking about the reality of what could have happened. "The mate bond is an excellent replacement for telephones," Melissandra told me a few days before. "You can talk to your mate even though they are anywhere in the world. All they have to do is ju