Serena’s POV
It still felt like a dream, one I kept expecting to wake from. I kept waiting for the sound of her voice calling my name, telling me I had overslept, but it never came. My mother was gone, her life stolen, and the person who had done it was still out there, walking around, breathing, living theirs as though they had not destroyed mine.
I wanted to scream until my throat tore apart, to shatter the walls with the sound, but instead I stood in the hall surrounded by the same faces I had seen every day, wondering which one of them hid the truth.
Kael’s voice cut through the thick silence, sharp and unrelenting.
“Everyone who had access to the east wing between noon and three will answer my questions. One at a time. No exceptions.”
The security guards stood in a line against t
