(CORRINE)
I must have fallen asleep at some point because when I wake up, it's to ice- cold water being thrown on me. Crying out in alarm, I scramble backward, and I hear Bella's laugh.
"That's right. Scurry away. You're a rat who snuck into our castle. This is where you belong, Corrine. You thought you could turn Locke away from me? You thought you could humiliate me? Look where you are now! I won."
I feel sick to my stomach as I stare at her. "You knew who I was the whole time," I finally whisper, my teeth chattering.
She rolls her eyes at me. "So? And before you think Locke will come and save you, he has already sent word to have you executed. He wants to get rid of you. He wants this entire dirty chapter closed before he returns. After all, it's not going to reflect well on the king that he brought in an imposter knowingly."
"You're lying," I state forcefully. "Locke wouldn't do that."
He wouldn't, right?
