Restless Shadows

Cassia

The feeling from breakfast refused to leave me. It followed me out of the dining room and down the corridor like a shadow I couldn’t outrun, settling in my chest with every step I took. The house was alive around me in all the ways it was supposed to be, maids moving in and out of rooms with fresh clothes, the scent of coffee and butter drifting from the kitchens, Tessa’s voice carrying fro