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Chapter 25: The Maid Returns

Author: Dione Zeus
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-30 16:20:03

The morning after the attack, the palace seemed unchanged on the surface, servants carrying trays, guards patrolling, nobles whispering behind silk fans. But for Serina, every shadow felt heavier, every whisper sharper, every step a trap waiting to spring.

The assassins’ blades haunted her. Not the blood on her hands she had braced for that but the crest carved into the steel. Damien’s crest, gleaming alongside the serpent mark.

Did he order it? The question circled her mind, relentless. Or had someone planted the evidence to turn her against him?

Her thoughts snapped back to the present when the chamber doors opened.

A maid entered, balancing a tray of folded garments. Her face was lowered, hidden beneath her plain white veil. But Serina knew that walk, that delicate movement, the rhythm of her steps. Recognition struck her like a slap.

“Lira…” The name left her lips before she could stop it.

The maid froze, then slowly lifted her gaze.

The same wide, doe-brown eyes. The same soft fe
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