Everett’s POV

I walked straight to Violet’s room to deliver Stellan’s greetings to her, but then when I knocked, she did not answer immediately.

I knocked three more times before she came to the door and opened it, and she did not look very happy. Like she had been stuck here, just being moody all day.

“What’s wrong, Violet?” I asked her, worry etched all over my face.

She looked up at me with a smile. “Oh, it’s alright actually, Everett. I just got up from the bed now, I was asleep.”

That smile was obviously fake, and what she told me was obviously a lie, and her face told...