AURELIA

Soon, it would be time and everything I desired would be mine. I smiled, sipping from my glass as father and his brother discussed.

The wine's warmth melted into my throat as it moved down my throat.

However, I continued to stare at the door. Holding my breath.

Immediately after the door creaked open the room changed. The atmosphere shifted.

They'd succeeded.

Two men dressed in heavy wet furs came in.

Everyone in the room gasped.

From the bundle, a tiny muffled cry leaked out. ...