♠ SYLVARA ♠
“Welcome, ma’am!” The maids and bodyguards chorused in unison with a bow, their voices echoing through the grand foyer. I nodded tiredly as I walked in, the air heavy with polish and submission. Returning to this mansion — Darius’s domain — felt like stepping back into a gilded cage. I knew there was no escape this time. Not unless he decided to let me go himself.
And not when my uncle had already turned me into a bargaining chip between them — a pawn in a deal between monsters.
I crossed the threshold and froze.
This wasn’t the house I remembered.
The floor gleamed beneath my boots — polished oak that reflected the light of the chandelier above, cold and silent like a mirror. The chandelier itself was new, too; crystals refracted the light into sterile fragments, nothing
