LILY
I froze on the couch, my hands trembling, my chest rising and falling too fast.
The papers stared back at me, cruel and final, and for the first time, I felt the full weight of what had just happened. My parents’ legacy, the life I’d thought was mine, it was all gone.
Taken in the blink of an eye by the people I had trusted most.
I swallowed hard, my throat tight, and tried to steady my shaking hands. “I… I can’t,” I whispered. My voice broke. “I… I can’t sign. I haven’t done anything wrong. I…”
“You haven’t done anything wrong?” Zane’s voice dripped with venom. He stepped closer, looming over me like a shadow I couldn’t escape. “Do you call disappearing last night and running off with some stranger… not doing anything wrong?”
I flinched at the words, at the accusation, at the
