Chapter 85

~Damon~

My mother stood tall and resolute at the entrance of the courtroom. The sight of her, alive and well, brought a small, almost smug smile to my face. We had kept her recovery secret from my father, and everything Roland was revealing now, she had already told me. I knew Roland wasn’t bluffing, and my father’s days of deception were over.

"Beatrice," my father choked out, his eyes wide as if