The air seems to vanish from the room.

For a second, time stands still as the two sisters stare at each other.

Alice blinks several times, trying to process what she has just heard.

“D-dead?” she repeats in a barely audible voice. “Are you sure?”

Oliver nods, sorrow evident in his eyes.

Aurora, on the other hand, remains silent.

She sheds no tears, but a dark shadow passes through her gaze.

It is as if the confirmation carries a pain she had never truly prepared herself for.

“How did it happen?