Chapter 50 Back To School

• Two agonizing weeks had passed, with no one to talk to except my parents. I had initially thought I would lose my damn mind, but turns out I'm made of sterner stuff. This morning, my mother made sure I had the pleasure of going through a fresh set of rules, each one screaming a single message.
• "Stay away from Rune."
• My father, on the other hand, had been a tad less confrontational, probably because he'd been distant lately. The thought that I was the cause of his sleepless nights, his haunted wanderings through the castle, weighed heavily on me. So I made a promise to him—I would follow their rules, after tonight, depending on how well it turns out. I didn't add the last part though.