Chapter 516

Piper's gaze swept slowly across the room, lingering on each face.

In their eyes, she saw nothing but sincerity and compassion.

For the first time in a long while, a warmth bloomed quietly in her chest. In that fragile, fleeting moment, she dared to believe that perhaps the Moon Goddess hadn't been entirely cruel to her.

Yes, fate had dealt her a bitter hand-born to a bloodline that abandoned her,