Chapter 24 - Her Pups

Melody

What did Derek mean by what he said? Does he think that everything is a joke? He considers the biggest pain of my life a joke.

I wonder how low Derek will stoop to hurt me.

He was saved earlier by the messenger who came to inform him that it was time to leave, otherwise I would have given him a taste of my anger.

I do not care who he is, no one is allowed to toy with other people's emotions. He's done it before, but I won't let him do that to me now. Not anymore.

I am not that naive little girl anymore.

Holding the wall for support, I made my way towards the exit. However, I was stopped by the guards.

"You can't leave."

I raised my head to glare at the guard who was stopping me.

"Why not?" I gritted my teeth to keep the pain and anger in me hidden.

"I don't know why, Ms. Melody, but it's the king's orders that you do not leave the palace."

Who was he to give such an order? I own legs and I can choose where I go. Who gave him the right to order me around?

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