Only disbelief.
As if he couldn’t understand how quickly fortune had changed.
Then Catalina spoke.
Quietly.
But every person in the room heard her.
“You spent years convincing my daughter she was alone.”
Her eyes never left him.
“You mistook isolation for weakness.”
The Iron Queen smiled.
Coldly.
“You should have made sure she actually had nobody looking for her.”
At that moment, a sharp kick pressed against my hand.
My baby.
I looked down and smiled through tears.
For the first time in months, I wasn’t afraid.
Because I finally understood something.
