(CORRINE)
I'm not doing anything, merely existing. But Locke's people still feel the need to punish me for even that little.
When I was living in Ravenna's palace, I had no one. There was no expectation of protection because who would protect me? No parents, no one who cared about me. No one was supposed to care about me.
I thought it was hard. Trying to survive was hard.
But this? The man who is supposed to protect me, treating me like this? It is killing me.
My own fated mate despises me and wants me to suffer.
Living in this castle, being bullied by my mate's people, is suffocating. There is no end in sight.
What is one supposed to do when all hope begins to fade away?
