Chapter 52- A price to pay

The sun had barely risen, but Aurora was already awake, her mind racing with thoughts of the maid and the events of the past few days. The quiet of the morning seemed to reflect her current mood everything was still, but underneath the surface, there was a growing tension that she couldn’t ignore. She had been trying to process everything that had happened: the maid’s betrayal, her decision to spare the girl, and the unsettling feeling that something else was ...