Avalynn hurriedly left Jace's office, rushing home after they had finalized their conversation. She wasn't about to get on her stepmother's wrong side. She didn't have enough strength for that.
The living room was filled with the scent of sunflowers, their golden petals flowing in with the breeze that went through the open window.
As she approached her stepmother, Avalynn's heartfelt heavy with the impending confrontation. The moment their eyes met, she could feel the tension in the air sparking like lightning.
Her stepmother's gaze was hard on her.
It was her stepmother's voice that broke the silence, and it was icy and piercing. "Look who decided to grace us with her presence," she said.
Despite the fact that Avalynn's throat clenched, she managed to muster a pathetic grin, which w
