CHAPTER 51 Cora’s POVI had just barely returned to the mansion and something already felt wrong. Really wrong. You know that weird kind of silence that feels too quiet? The kind that makes your skin crawl like you’re being watched or something? That was the kind of silence I felt.The moonlight outside did not even feel calm or peaceful anymore. It felt as if it was shining directly on me. Like a spotlight pointing right at me while I walked up to the front door of my father’s house. I felt small. Exposed. Unwanted.And then, the moment I entered, the first thing I was greeted with was a slap on my face.Vivienne’s palm hit me so hard my face turned sideways and the burning started immediately. It stung really bad. But what stung worse than my skin was my pride.“How dare you!” Vivienne screamed at me. She was standing right in the doorway like she had been waiting just for this moment. “How dare you jump out of your room like that?! Do you think this is some kind of joke young lady
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