Chapter 117

Eliza styled Anna in a tight pair of pants and sweater that matched. It looked like a one piece when she looked in the mirror and was much more fitted than she would ever normally wear. She let her hair flow down her back and pinned half of it back before she added a bit of makeup to her face. They weren’t leaving until night time, but Eliza insisted she get ready now to prepare herself for the day. Her coat had a hole or two that Eliza made right in front of her to let them know she was poor. Did the ill-fitted clothes also mean that? Anna wasn’t sure, but she went along with it.
Once she was finished, she left Anna alone to her thoughts. Her wolf was quiet inside her and she had long stopped bleeding, but she wished she didn’t have to deal with everything that rushed through her head. It was better when she had a wolf to argue these things out with rather than face them by herself.
How was it that everyone insisted Lucas cared for her but Anna refused to see it? He wanted to use her like he used all of the other women at the palace. Once he had his fill, he would leave her and she would be like all of the others—right?