"Last time I asked you, who lives in the lonely house at the back of your family’s garden? Do you remember what you told me?"
"You said it was a mad servant, but today, out of curiosity, I went to check it out. Guess what I found?"
"What?"
Sebastian's heart clenched tightly, anxious to know what she was about to say.
"A woman. She was chained up!"
"I talked to her. She isn't insane."
"She even told me her name is Octavia!"
"Impossible!"
Sebastian couldn’t believe it. "Octavia isn’t supposed to be here. But then, who sent those postcards..."
"I didn’t believe it either, but she showed me the birthmark on the back of her neck, and it matched exactly with what you described. She begged me to save her!"
Hearing this, Sebastian was in shock, his hands tightly clenched.
"Octavia, in t
