Chapter 14 The Murder Unforgiven

• Cecilia shook her head again, hastily wiping her tears away with the back of her trembling hand. "Madam Lyra, I am truly so very happy to hear the blessed news of your pregnancy. I am so, so relieved that our cursed Duchess has finally been saved from her barren fate..."
• Luna's brow furrowed so deeply it ached as those backhanded, poisonous words echoed in her mind. Is that genuinely supposed to be a congratulatory remark? she thought incredulously.
• Tears still streaked Cecilia's flushed cheeks, her expression a mask of toxic sweetness. "You are absolutely sure to be a perfect mother, Madam Lyra. Just as you have always been such a good wife to the Duke… and a deeply beloved daughter-in-law to the Dowager Duchess as well."