Chapter 52

Kaelia

The courtyard fell into a silence so heavy that even the wind sounded deafening. All eyes were on me, and Caius.

His words lingered in the air. Faces around us shifted in disbelief, shock, and outrage as the murmur spread through the crowd. But the most revealing was Giselle’s. She looked as though she’d been poisoned, eyes wide, lips parted, all color drained from her face. The flawless