Serena
I hadn’t had a single moment of rest since Elyra came into this house, and sleep felt like a dream I could no longer reach, because how could I close my eyes when there was a snake moving in my home, silent and deadly, ready to strike at any second.
From the first day she arrived, she walked through this house as if it had always been hers, like she owned every step, every glance, every word, and every smile was meant to dominate, to control, to take everything that was not hers. I kept wondering who had made her queen, who had given her that power, and the answer was cruelly clear. Kael had. He had given her his loyalty, and now she wore it like a crown while I had been erased from his world.
He barely noticed me anymore. He looked through me like I was nothing, like I was a gho
