Lora’s POV
The manor had never felt this quiet, I can't even begin to imagine.
And still, I was smiling. Smiling that what I wanted the most have finally happened.
I stood by the long corridor window overlooking the east garden, my reflection caught in the glass, with my pale, tired eyes, and my lips curved just slightly but it has always been different for her. She had always looked so. . .unbothered like the world couldn’t touch her.
Now she was gone and I can live here with the help of the alpha’s parents because I made it so, and Cyril had believed every word, everything I said happened.
I pressed my fingers to my lips, trying to stop the small laugh that slipped through. It wasn’t loud, but it was enough to echo faintly against the marble walls. The sound made me tense, my laught
