Three beasts

Elira's POV

“How was college?” he said, waving me to the seat in front of his desk and helping me to take a seat.

“College?” I repeated and he nodded excitedly.

“I'm sorry I couldn't attend your graduation, my princess. I had a lot to take care of,” he said, and I just looked at him, still shocked.

I stared down at my clothes and I was clad in the same clothes the day I came home and saw my father's lifeless body on the floor.

They were clean now, though, and everything seemed real. Too real.

I stood up abruptly from the chair and walked out.

“Princess?”...