Chapter 54- shadows of the last

The mansion was unusually quiet that evening. Aurora sat by the window in her room, her thoughts wandering. Her encounter with Lily in the dungeon still weighed on her. The words Lily spat at her kept replaying in her mind. She didn’t choose to be here. She never wanted this life, yet here she was, stuck in a house full of secrets and darkness.

A sudden knock on the door startled her. She turned to see Raphael leaning against the doorway, his expression ...