Drawing the Line

Cora's POV

My mouth went dry. Magnus's mother. Here. In his apartment. The woman who had destroyed his childhood, who had made him carry the weight of her affair for years, who had chosen her lover over her own son.

I followed after her on autopilot, my legs moving while my mind raced to catch up, trying to process what was happening.

"Does Magnus know you're here?"

Mrs. Thorne's smile was thin, c