Fated: Cinderella's Story (Destined Book 1) by Kaylin Lee

Author:Kaylin Lee [Lee, Kaylin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“They won’t let it happen again. Master Marus was certain of it. Think about it—he’s invested everything he has in this market. Prince Estevan himself wants the market to stay open. It will be as safe as they can possibly make it.” Weslan sounded a lot more certain than I felt as he told Zel about our meeting with Master Marus.

We sat around the breakfast table on the roof after the twins had gone to listen to their fabulator crystal.

As much as I complained about Asylia’s problems, I had to admire the people who continued about their business in the face of danger. I wanted to be one of them, but …

“But how can you be sure it’s safe?” Zel spoke my thoughts aloud.

Weslan frowned as he considered her question. “We could always see if we can find another market space somewhere else.”

I shook my head. “We won’t find another space as cheap as this one, and now, we need all the profit we can get.” I thought for a moment, eyes fixed on the rusty old table before me. I felt their eyes on me as I bit my lip. Was it worth the risk? And what if we were putting everyone else on Theros Street at risk by being there?

Based on the note I’d received last night, the Crimson Blight didn’t want us going back. But the thought of staying home simply because the Crimson Blight wanted me to made my skin crawl. Who were they to think they could intimidate me in my own home?

Then again, what if the note was another imagining, like all the strange things I’d seen in the past few weeks? When I’d turned the paper over, it had been blank, as though the message had never been there at all. Perhaps my cowardly subconscious was coming up with reasons not to go back to the market.

Weslan spoke up. “If they have better security, this market might be safer than the other ones now.”

Zel pressed her lips together, clearly frustrated, and then she began to question Weslan again about the security measures Master Marus had promised.

I ignored their argument, my head spinning with the worries and doubts that had plagued me for days. I’d lain awake for hours last night, clutching the crumpled blank paper in my hand. All I wanted to do was take Gregor up on his offer and get our family out of Asylia. I couldn’t live like this anymore.

Did that make me a coward? Was it cowardice to run if your family was in danger? At some point, didn’t we have to put the twins’ safety first? And what about Zel—hadn’t she been through enough?

And what about Asylia? What about all our customers? I cringed as I remembered the grubby, childish hands fingering the sparkling folds of my skirt and the kind faces of our customers beaming at me with frosting on their lips. Then I thought of the girl’s limp hand, the crumbled pieces of cake ground into the gravel beside her, and my stomach twisted like it was being wrung out like a rag.

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