Fifteen months.The words felt more like a victory and less of a sentence. A sob of pure relief broke from my chest, and for a second, I felt light enough to float right off the courtroom floor. It was over. I had faced the fire, and I hadn't been consumed."That's less than a year with good behavior, Camila," Rosalind whispered beside me, her hand squeezing my arm. "You’ll be home before you know it."I nodded, hot tears stinging my eyes as I looked toward the gallery. My family was there, Silas, Seraphina, Damon, Rafael, and Maya who was a mess, clutching a handful of tissues, her shoulders shaking.Then, my eyes landed on Lucien.His face was a deep, mottled red. The veins in his neck and forehead were bulging, and his shoulders were hunched, his massive frame radiating a raw, volatile grief that he was clearly struggling to contain. He looked like he wanted to roar, or weep, or tear the judge’s bench from the floor."Hey," I called out, my voice thick with a laugh that turned into
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