Chapter 49


Then again, Amara recalled this ordeal had inflicted defamatory insults on her. It had left her feeling off-kilter for the past couple of days.

Even after Finnian had uncovered the truth, he had only given Liliana a light warning instead of any real punishment, which didn't exactly make any pointed manifestation.

At the thought of it, Amara let out a wry smile.

"Got it," she said, her voice cool and detached. "Is there anything else?"

There was no reply on the other end. The faint hum of the phone line was the only sign that the call hadn't ended.

"Well, if there's nothing more, I'm hanging up."

Not wanting to wait any longer, Amara ended the call without wavering.

phone's dark screen with a slightly furrowed brow. Why did she seem so

restless urge to shred it to pieces. But instead, he stuffed it back in, climbed in the car and put the seat

By evening, she received a text from Elysia asking if she wanted to grab dinner. Initially, she thought about declining because she had to

send me the

they were sitting down

fries into ketchup, Amara dropped a bombshell in her usual calm

in disbelief

smile was tinged with bitterness. "It happened that night. I forgot to

set down her fork promptly and

the end of the world. Don't stress. Do you know what you want to

pang of guilt for not having encouraged Amara to

"I'm really not sure if I should

she love kids? Certainly, she'd always wanted one. However, her own upbringing hadn't been theĕ best, and

idea of raising a child alone

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