Ruby had confessed everything. At this point, there was no point in holding back any longer.

In the end, the police charged her with murder.

When Nova got the news, it was as if the weight of the world had been lifted off her shoulders. It felt like she could finally breathe again, as though she'd just stepped out of a storm into the sunlight.

Sitting on her balcony, she read the message on her phone and, for the first time in weeks, a smile tugged at the corners of her ...