Chapter 19: Thailia’s bonding (Part 3).
Thailia-
I stared at the mask inside the golden box.
My stomach dropped.
No. No. No.
My fingers tightened around the edges of the box as I took in every detail. Violet silk. Gold trim. The exact style worn at Velvet
Eclipse. My pulse thundered in my ears.
It was Alanna! It has to be! She's trying to scare us!
Cora snarled inside my head.
I didn't answer. Because she was right. Who else could it be? That psychotic b***h was making her point:
Do as you're told... or everything falls apart.
The room suddenly felt too small. The laughter. The conversations. The music. It all blurred into meaningless noise. My vision
tunneled. My hands shook.
The note crinkled beneath my fingers as my grip tightened until my knuckles turned white.
"Where i
