~Elena~

She dumped the wipe on the dressing table and sprang up, spinning around to face me.

My breath seized as I waited for her to lash out at me for intruding into her privacy.

“Elena? My poor child!”

My brows furrowed in surprise at her outburst.

A greater shock met me as she covered the distance between us and wrapped her warm smooth arms around me.

“Oh my dear, you must have gone through a lot in the hands of that witch. Forgive me for letting her deceive me, forgive me, my child,” she whimpered, wetting my shoulder with her tears.

My body was paralyzed in shock as my...