Juliette's Point of View
I walked away from Katherine and Seraphina without looking back.
Let them stew in their confusion. Let Seraphina question everything Katherine had told her. I had more important things to focus on.
The journey home passed quickly, my mind occupied with thoughts of the plan now in motion. Martha would begin dosing Cordelia's food tomorrow. Within weeks, my stepmother would start seeing things that weren't there. Hearing whispers in empty rooms. Doubting her own sanity.
It was fitting justice for a woman who had driven me to the brink of madness with her cruelty.
When I arrived at the manor, I found Lucian in the entrance hall.
He had just returned from some official business, still dressed in his formal attire. A dark coat that emphasized the breadth of his sh
