#Chapter 19: Unexpected Encounter

  Maeve POV   It was like I was trapped in a nightmare. Sarah was not in confinement. She was not locked up on Moonstone grounds like Father had sworn she would be to Xaden. She was not supposed to be anywhere near me and yet here she was, less than twenty feet away and looking as real as the ground beneath me and the air that halted in my throat. I did not want to see her ever again. And I thought she felt the same way. She frowned. “You didn’t seriously just freeze on me, did you?” “What are you doing here…?” “What, this is the greeting I get from my own big sister?” She dared to look affronted, feigning innocence. “How rude. And here I was, daring to worry about you these last couple of days, all alone in that big, shiny, old palace.” That was a lie if I ever heard one. I kept my guard up. I could not trust Sarah as far as I could throw her. “I… I wasn’t aware you thought of me like that,” I stammered. “That hurts, Maeve. There’s nothing wrong with a little bit of sisterl