Chapter Six.

CHAPTER SIX.

My skin was breaking out in sweats in the still night. The crescent moon seemed ominous and Alexander's absence made me worried. I tried running away, towards the direction of the palace, but I couldn't move past the carriage. It was as though I was running in circles. I thought getting married to Alexander was already a nightmare, but the current situation I was in made me realize that from the moment I set eyes on Alexander, my life was already a living nightmare; the pain was too much.

"Is everything okay, Lady Annalisa?" The voice startled me, diverting my attention from the pain in my elbow. I turned around and came face to face with one of the coaches. He was the one riding the carriage Alexander and I were in. He looked perplexed as he stared at me. "You suddenly ran out of the carriage, is there anything I can help you with?"

"What about Alexander?" Those three words were all I could form in that moment.

"What about me?"

My head turned towards the direction