Chapter 82 A Terrifying Realization

• Luna violently froze in her chair. "What?"
• "You honestly did not know?" Mirella slowly turned her head, casually dabbing the corner of her mouth with a linen napkin. "Immediately after abandoning me to rot, she and her wealthy new husband moved far out of town. They boarded a grand train, but the carriages caught fire partway through the long journey. Every single passenger burned alive. I read all about her tragic demise in the daily newspaper."
• Mirella aggressively took another bite of her food, acting exactly as if she were completely, utterly unfazed by the horrific news of her own mother's violent death.