Liora had never imagined the night would end like this.

Standing outside her parents’ mansion like a stranger.

The cold night air brushed against her skin as she slowly turned to look back at the house she had spent her childhood in. The large gates stood tall and silent behind her, the golden lights from the mansion glowing warmly against the darkness.

To anyone passing by, it would look like a perfect home.

But for Liora, it had never been one.

Her childhood inside those walls had never been