CHAPTER 37

The bedsheets were covered in silk red covers, and there was negligible furniture in the room except for the four-poster bed and a chair. A red carpet covered the floor, and I shift my weight from one leg to the other as I look up at Maeve.

Is this where she's going to train me from now on?

"Did you have the potion?" she asks.

I nod.

"How long ago?"

"It's just been five minutes."

She nods and walks around the chair, standing behind it. "Come on. Sit down."

I settle down on the chair when I suddenly feel ropes being tied around my wrists. "What… what are you doing?" I ask, my voice trembling.

She whispers in my ear from behind, "Next time, tie your loose hair into a tight bun over your head. Preparations. You'll understand soon." She adds, "Don't worry. I have no intention to whip you like that day."