Silent Howls
Swallowing the bitterness, I nodded, a polite smile settling on my lips like a carefully worn mask.
“Yes, Mom.” That was my only response during Giselle’s long speech as my mom’s life replayed in my mind. She followed her man blindly, and that led her straight to death. That philosophy had gotten her killed.
It seemed like Giselle had long plans to test my patience, but Dorian interrupted her speech. The suffocation on my chest finally loosened as he said,
“As we have heard Liora, it is clear that her decision to perform a life-threatening ritual was indeed a service to the throne.”
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