Chapter 59

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POV: Seline / Shea Vestine

“I am hoping for a positive answer, Shea. Because if you want to give us a second time, I wanna ask you to go to the gazebo tomorrow evening… And if not… well… maybe, it’s time for us to just remain as friends… And I will send you back to the Riverstone Village and I will stay here in the palace… for good. I am setting you free… I am giving you a chance and choice to be free… from me.”

It was a bittersweet proposal… of freedom… of chance and choice.

She couldn’t deny the fact that hearing those words from...