Chapter 124
- Chapter 124
- Rain hung over the city like a held breath, but inside the mansion everything was lit in warm gold. Candles steadied along the hall, jasmine from the winter garden drifted through the vents, and the old piano in the library hummed with a single note that refused to die. Selena stood in the doorway, palms damp, heart in her throat.
- Rosa met her there, eyes kind, voice steady. “They’re waiting.”