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Chapter 155: Morning After
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2026-01-22 20:50:53Morning arrived without ceremony.
The storm had passed in the night, leaving the grounds of Celestine Heights washed clean and gleaming beneath pale sunlight. The windows no longer rattled. The air no longer pressed close. Everything felt deceptively ordinary.
Lillian woke first.
She lay still, aware of the room before she ope
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