#Chapter 62: A Change of Heart

Ruby I’ve decided that I can’t leave. There is too much tying me to this castle, too much that makes me want to stay. Despite all of the bad things that have happened since I’ve come here, despite Alice and the Queen and Edith, I care about Atwood too much to leave. I care about Nancy and my sister, too. I don’t want to make my sister live like a pauper again. I don’t want to leave my best friend behind. No matter what this curse has in store for me, I’m going to fight it. Vivian has given me a head start on understanding what is going to happen; maybe if I visit her room again, I’ll be able to find some more helpful information. More importantly right now, I have to tell Cayden that I won’t be going with him. I can’t just leave him waiting out there in the woods, not when the Bears could attack soon. “I have to go tell Cayden,” I say quietly, standing from my crouching position in front of my sister. Nancy and Tamara look at me with surprised looks on the