Chapter 5

"And all of it was your doing! You cast me down from a cherished daughter to a servant scorned and abused. Tell me, Henry, do you truly believe I could forgive that?"

Henry's face turned ashen. He lowered his head, unable to meet my eyes. "Lila, I know I was wrong. I swear, I'll spend my whole life making it up to you." His voice was low, thick with guilt.

"Make it up to me? With what? Can you return my youth, my happiness?" Tears blurred my vision as I glared at him. "For Isabelle's sake, you pushed me from…