Chapter 81

Clara

Eerie quiet filled the days and weeks after Bianca’s banishment—like waking up from a dream. For so long, life had been a constant go-go-go of tension, motion, action. Of plans whispered in hushed tones, buzzing phones interrupting dinners, the echo of gunfire in the distance.

Of fear and heartbreak.

Of pain and loss.

Now, for the first time, there was silence.

It rang in my ears. Hard to em