Alle Kapitel von ORIANA (She's back. Broken but Risen Again): Kapitel 11 – Kapitel 14

CHAPTER 11THE NAME SHE LEFT BEHINDThree weeks later.Oriana stood in front of a mirror she no longer recognized.Her hair had been trimmed slightly, no longer tangled or any longer broken looking.Her face was still very pale,but the emptiness in her eyes was changing.Not healing.Stronger.Behind her, Julianna Rose watched silently.“You’ve gained weight,” Julianna said calmly.Oriana didn’t respond.She kept staring at herself.Like she was trying to find the girl who once believed in love.But that girl wasn’t there anymore.Julianna stepped closer.“From today, you stop responding to that name.”Oriana finally looked at her through the mirror.“Oriana?”Julianna shook her head.“That name belongs to a life you are no longer allowed to live.”Silence.Oriana’s throat tightened slightly.“What do I call myself then?”Julianna reached into a drawer and placed a Yellow card on the table.On it was a single name.SERENA.Oriana frowned.“What is that?”Julianna answered simply.“You

The Range Rover Black SUV assembled silently through the morning traffic.Serena sat in the back seat beside Julianna, her hands folded neatly on her lap. Dressed in a tailored cream pantsuit, with her long chestnut hair falling in soft waves over her shoulders, she looked every bit the confident young woman Julianna had spent months shaping.Yet beneath her calm expression, her scars remained."You're quiet," Julianna observed, staring at her over the tablet in her hands."I'm thinking.""About today?"Serena smiled faintly."My first business meeting. I don't want to disappoint you.""You won't." Julianna reached over and gently squeezed her hand. "You have worked too hard for that."Serena nodded, turning her attention to the city outside the tinted window.People hurried along the sidewalks, laughing, talking, living ordinary lives.She wondered what it felt like to wake up without fear.To sleep without nightmares.To love without betrayal.Her gaze shifted lower.A little girl c