Three years later, in Valoria.
Julian finally took his annual leave and insisted that I travel with him to Valoria.
He claimed that I had worked without a break for three years and needed a skiing holiday, but I knew he was the one who had barely rested.
We stopped at a small café at the foot of the mountain. Snow drifted silently outside the wooden cabin, while a fire crackled inside.
I curled up on the sofa with hot cocoa as Julian sat across from me, scrolling through his phone. Suddenly, he clicked his tongue.
"Did you see this? Chloe, who was kicked out of your family, is trending again." He turned the screen toward me.
Her name appeared on the trending list with a Hot label beside it. Someone had photographed her working at a nightclub. She was so thin that she was barely recog
