Chapter 220

That night. The night sky was thick with inky darkness, not a single star in sight—it was eerily quiet, like the whole world was holding its breath. Celestia Brooks sat on her bed, going over what Sophia Quinn had told her earlier that day. Her delicate features were scrunched with conflict. Sophia wasn’t wrong. It had been a long, long time since she'd felt any kind of peace. Back when she lived by Serene Lake with Jareth Carrington, she was constantly on edge, caught in the web of his indifference. Moving into the Carrington estate didn’t make it better—his chaotic personal life just made everything worse. At first, she poured everything into her love for him, and all she got back were scars. Then, her father ended up in a coma after a hit-and-run, the driver still not found. As if that wasn’t enough, the only thing that kept her grounded—her child—was gone too. The double blow had nearly broken her. Thinking about it, that calm she'd been clutching onto started slipping away. A cold