For some reason, her room door was unlocked but Seraphina didn't feel like stepping out of her room prison.

Vnox had gone and she hadn't had from her father all evening.

She preferred to stay in her bedroom even though she was hungry; hunger was much better to better compared to the disapproving glares her mother would give her if she went downstairs for dinner.

She just lay face down on her bed, quietly thinking to herself when she heard a loud crash.

Jerking up, she heard glasses ...