A Legacy Betrayed

Cora's POV

The words snapped the last thread of my control.

"Don't fucking say a word to me." I stood abruptly, my chair scraping back. "God."

I ran both hands through my hair, years of bottled rage finally finding its way out.

"You're a fucking coward, you know that?" My voice rose, all the poison I'd swallowed for years spilling out. "You spat on my father's legacy. You were supposed to be his b