The air smelled of freshly made hot chocolate and lavender, a scent that once brought Seraphina comfort but now, she wasn't even noticing or paying attention to it.

Instead of staying in her room, she insisted on staying in the living room, sitting on the couch with the TV turned on, even when she wasn’t really watching it.

The news channels kept replaying the footage of Nicholas Sterling’s death, Jared’s escape, and the collapse of the Sterling Company.

It was all over now.

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