ANEIRA
The door slammed shut behind Rafael, and I took a moment before letting the tears I was holding roll down my cheeks.
I grabbed my phone with trembling hands and called Noleen. She was the only person I could trust, and who had my back like she was family.
"Noleen," I whispered when she answered.
"Aneira? You sound—what happened?"
"Tell my mother I will never forgive her," I said, my voice breaking. "Do you hear me? She sold me to him. She put me in Narra's dress, told me to answer to Narra's name, and shoved me into Rafael's hands like I was a piece of debt she could bargain with."
"Aneira…" Noleen's voice was small.
"Tell her she buried me with Narra. Tell her I don't have a mother anymore."
"Aneira, she thought—"
"No!" My voice cracked. "She didn't thi
