Chapter 59 I Don't Need Anything

• The next two days I spent still in the castle's infirmary, abusing the strawberry ice cream that came every time I ordered it. And the kindness of the princes, who treated me almost like a princess. I knew it wouldn't last forever and I wasn't exactly such a stupid person as not to take advantage of the situation. The investigator kept coming for the next two days as well, making sure I didn't change my statement at all.
• I was discharged on the night of the third day and went to the first floor alone. Arriving there, in that dark and cold corridor, gave me a certain shiver. I didn't like that place. Definitely preferred the infirmary. Yet that was my world and it was time to return to it. When I entered the room I smelled myself on him. It was familiar and it was the closest thing to me to a place called home. I left my doctor-given meds on the table beside the bed and lay down, staring at the darkened white ceiling with tiny cracks everywhere. I wondered if that place where I was ever housed a death row inmate. Or a woman who fought for something she thought was fair and ended up there, like me. I wasn't stuck, not even on death row, but for a few moments I felt like this: away from everyone and everything. I could move my arm and shoulder without feeling almost any pain. In the end, either I was too strong, or Prince Magnus had terrible aim.
• Someone knocked on the door. I felt my heart beat faster than usual. Who would it be?