Chapter 296

LYDIA'S POV

The quiet in Hazel's bedroom was heavy, broken only by the steady rhythm of the rain tapping against her window.

Downstairs, the red and blue emergency lights swept across the estate grounds, casting long, fading shadows. The distant hum of police radios and murmuring officers drifted up from the driveway, but inside her room, everything was still.

Hazel was sound asleep in her pajamas