~ Scarlett's POV ~
I stood outside Regis’s chambers, my breath shallow, my pulse an erratic drumbeat against my ribs.
The sounds from within made my stomach churn. I could hear my stepfather's furious shouts and then my mother's sharp, frantic voice cutting through the chaos like a dagger.
I pressed my palm into my chest, feeling my heartbeat flutter.
When are they going to stop?
We should not be fighting among ourselves.
I wanted to leave. Well, I should flee this cursed place before it all starts to fall apart… before Regis’s madness consumed what little control I had left.
But I didn’t.
I couldn’t.
Because even now… after everything… after I’d pushed her from that cliff with my own trembling hands, watching her body plummet into the abyss below… she still had them.
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