Lady of Ashes (Lady of Darkness #3)

CHAPTER 12

SCARLETT

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She was wrapped in blankets in that bed she slept in with Mikale. True to his word, Alaric had made sure she was taken care of. Physically, at least. She was still chained to the wall in his dungeon study every day, but she received three small meals a day that Alaric himself fed to her. He refused to let anyone else do so, ensuring he was associated with her receiving food. Every day at varying hours, Mikale hauled her to Juliette’s old room to sleep. Sometimes it was night. Sometimes the sun was shining through the windows. The dungeon study was located near the stairwell that led to Alaric’s private wing of the Fellowship. Some were given the “honor” of having their rooms in his wing. The Wraiths and Cassius were some of those gifted such an honor. But with the dungeon study just outside his private wing, there was no one else in the hallways other than the guards Alaric had ordered to be on duty at all times. She didn’t recognize any of them, which meant they likely didn’t know who she was either. There was no one else to see that she was here. No one to recognize she was back. No one to let it slip in a passing conversation where she was. No way to get word to Cassius and Nuri. No way to tell Sorin.