Chapter 12

On the ninth day following Serafina’s death, Ethan finally broke. He wailed aloud—a shrill, desperate cry that echoed through the empty manor, filled with endless agony and remorse. But it was all too late. His sister, his most beloved kin, was gone forever.

The Blackwood residence remained shrouded in sorrow. Though the rain had ceased, the suffocating oppression had not diminished in the slighte