Ivy POV
I sat in the corner of my room, knees pulled up to my chest, arms wrapped tightly around them. The cold stone wall pressed against my back, but I barely felt it. My body was numb. My heart heavier than it had ever been. I had been locked away like a criminal, hated by everyone I had tried to love, and accused of something I didn’t do.
And now Selena confessed.
It should have felt like victory. Like relief. But it didn’t. It felt hollow.
I remembered the way everyone had looked at me. Like I was dangerous. Like I didn’t belong. Like I was nothing.
No one had defended me.
Not until it was almost too late.
Kieran came to see me after the trial. He stood outside my door for a long time before he knocked. I had been sitting in silence, staring at the blank wall, wondering how lon
