Chapter 1183 – The Truth [Part 3]
Lullaby looked toward him.
Lux's gaze returned to the woman in his arms. Not Celestine. Aurelia. The real Aurelia.
The woman who had spent this entire nightmare pretending to be the sister everyone adored. She was still trembling.
"Where is she?" Lux asked quietly.
Aurelia shook her head. "I'm Celestine…"
"Where's your sister?"
"I am—"
"Did you hide her?"
Her breathing quickened.
"Imprison her?"
The black spikes trembled.
Lux watched her expression carefully. "Or…" He paused. "…did you kill her?"
Aurelia went rigid.
The entire ballroom shook.
Violently.
Cracks spread across the marble floor. Chandeliers swung overhead, their crystals breaking apart and falling like glittering rain.
Aurelia screamed. "NO!"
Lux braced himself as the floor shifted beneath his boots.
"No! No, no, no!" Her fingers dug into his coat. "It's not my fault!"
The spikes around them twisted. Some shattered. Others grew longer.
