Chapter 42

Cora POV

If I had known Teagan’s mother would be here tonight, I would have thought twice about coming.

No—

That was a lie.

I knew she would be here. What I didn’t expect was how comfortably she would sit there, acting like nothing had happened, like she hadn’t spent weeks trying to ruin my life from the shadows.

The dining room was quiet, the kind of silence that pressed against your ears. Teagan sat beside me, tense but controlled. Across the table, Mrs. Hart sipped ...