Charlotte’s POV
I found the note when I woke up.
“Charlotte: You may take Nora to one training session today. Stay with her the entire time. If anything happens, you must bring her back immediately. —Kieran”
He was letting us go.
I sat there for a moment, staring at the note.
After last night, I had been fully prepared to find a much colder and more punishing version of Kieran waiting for me at breakfast, ready to strip back every small privilege I’d managed to earn. So the fact that he had not only let me keep my job but had actually given me something I’d asked for felt like a minor miracle.
But he still hadn’t apologized for throwing my dead baby in my face like it was nothing.
Then again, I supposed I didn’t expect him to.
I woke Nora then, gently showing her the note. I watch
