Chapter 30 Esmeralda's Pov

• My eyes flutter open, and I gasp wildly, the events of last night rushing back in vivid detail. I am beginning to think that I was better off staying as a breeder with Sheldon than being out here in the open without any sort of security.
• Shaking my head, I push the thought aside and get out of bed. There's no way going back with Sheldon was better than now. Heck, if anything, it was worse. At least for her, all she has to face is external threats, but there, I had faced both external and internal threats.
• My body aches slightly, a reminder of the tension and terror that gripped me. I glance around the room, half-expecting to hear Ardyn’s footsteps and voice approaching the room. His presence has weirdly grown on me. But the cabin is eerily silent.