Elise ran out of Loriel's study after that, she ran as fast as she could and left the man alone so she could process everything that happened. Her heart beat loudly that she thought she would fall over and hurt herself.
Once Elise returned to her chambers, she fell on her bed and began to sob quietly and only muffled the sounds by burying her face into her pillows. Tears streamed out of her eyes and yet she couldn't stop them from overflowing.
"Please, please don't let it be true," Elise whispered as she closed her eyes and fervently whispered underneath her breath. Loriel's words came to her mind and his face filled her thoughts with grief. "Please make it all a dream and erase everything in the morning."
The good news that she wanted to tell Loriel was now overshadowed by all-encompassing grief that overtook her. Was it true? Was it all true that her mother cast a protection spell?
Why did her father and grandmother never tell her about this?
