Kaia's POV

“Ariella? Are you really Ariella?”

I figured she had done something terrible, and too.bad I was now using her body.

I shook my head quickly. “N-no.”

But the lady who had walked out of the room didn't look convinced.

I faced Zalmon. “I met Ariella, okay. But she did a body swap with me when she wanted to escape from her father at the North.”

“I'm sorry, Kaia—Ariellla—whoever you are,” Zalmon said. “I can't let you go see Emery. You promised to kill her.”

“Kill her?” I shook my head. “You've got that wrong lady, okay?”

Zalmon moved towards me and grabbed my hands, twisting them behind my...