OLIVIA BURNS

He had thrown me out! I couldn't believe the nerve of the dark prince!

“Assholes! All of them!” I screamed into my dress as I sat huddled in the long column of the garden sculptures, feeling my breaths rise and fall harshly as I struggled not to cry too loudly.

I couldn't bear to go back to my room! Not just yet, when the memory of what Nikolai had done, how Raya had made him chase me away in front of everyone, like some common dingbat slut!

How the fuck was I supposed to show my face in public after that! I felt the gnawing in my chest...