Chapter 42 Crazy Things

• Chapter42: Forgiveness with a Price
• The first light of dawn filtered through the high windows of the estate’s main hall, painting the marble floor in pale gold. Daisy stood at the center, crisp white tunic and slate gray trousers fitting her like armor. Though the bruises along her ribs had faded, the faint scars gleaming in the morning sun reminded everyone of how near she had come to death—and how fiercely she had fought to live.
• Behind her stood the Devil brothers: Dante with a sharp crease in his brow, Kieran’s posture rigid, and Matteo’s jaw set in protective anger. Across from them, in the spot formerly reserved for royalty, sat Seraphina Voss. The Widow Queen’s once-proud posture had given way to quiet tension. She wore a simple gray dress—no jewels, no velvet—her platinum hair pinned back. Even her eyes, once cold flint, now flickered with apprehension.