Scarlet’s POVI was inside the room with Elizabeth when Vespara came in, and to my complete surprise, she wasn’t alone, Violet was with her.I didn’t expect to see Violet here at all. She had been so adamant on the phone, so filled with anger and pain, that I had truly believed she wouldn’t come. And yet, there she was, standing on her own feet, despite her usual reliance on a wheelchair. It took me a second to understand what I was seeing, Violet Blackthorn standing at the doorway, her back straight, her face guarded, and her eyes locked on her mother’s fragile form lying on the bed.Elizabeth noticed her too. She stared at Violet as if seeing a ghost. And Violet stared back, silent but intense, her lips pressed into a tight line.I didn’t know what to say. My instinct was to stand there and stay close, to maybe act as some kind of buffer between the two of them. Slowly, I moved to the side of the room, keeping some distance, trying not to intrude, but not wanting to leave either.The
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