Chapter 42: Violet's POV

I left my parents feeling even worse than I did when I went to them. After my father's uproar, I couldn't even speak to my mother about the status I had been elevated to. I couldn't even ask her anything because I knew what she would say.

She would want me to use it to free them. But how?

How could I convince Axel to free my parents when he barely even spoke to me?

It wasn't as if he were in love with me or something. I didn't even know why he elevated my status. The widow made it seem like sex was the tool...