Chapter 58 A Masquerade Tonight
- I had defied Mathis yet again. Despite what he’d ordered, I’d not gone to WitchFall. Earlier this morning I’d decided that it would be wise to save us both the grief of the argument and just go. But as the evening drew nearer I had two problems.
- One: I couldn’t think of a way of leaving my parents’ house that early. I had no plausible excuse.
- Two: I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I knew I should. Knew it would taper his fury at me some. And still, I was so reluctant that I couldn’t force myself to.