The Siren's Scion
She's seeing me, I thought from my perch on the staircase, a sliver of cold satisfaction piercing my numbness.
"The mind is a fragile thing under such trauma," Cordelia murmured, her sharp, grey eyes sweeping the foyer, missing nothing. Her gaze passed over the space I occupied, and for a fleeting second, it seemed to pause. A faint, knowing smile touched her lips before she turned back to Liam. I felt a jolt, a sensation of being seen that was entirely new.
That evening, she installed herself in Elara's room. Elara, who had been listless, grew subtly agitated. Cordelia took her bandaged hand, her touch seeming to both comfort and hold her down.