But it didn’t. It just slowly meandered away, rocking softly on the waves, with Vera standing at the back. Her hair and dress fluttered elegantly in the wind, and she didn’t pull her gaze away from mine.
“Well,” Isaac finally said, waving a fly away from his face, “that was dramatic.”
I shot him a glare, but there was no heat behind it. “Shut up.”
His mouth quirked into that infuriating smirk, and I found myself fighting the urge to smile back. Instead, I took the documents back and flipped through them again, just to make sure it was real.
It was mine now. My mother’s legacy was finally where it belonged.
“I should contact Benjamin,” I said, more to myself than to Isaac as I turned and began making my way back toward the palace. “My mother’s old Beta. He’s been running
