Chapter 126: What she knew was the right thing
Raya did not wait to see who followed her.
The moment she stepped out of that room... the room where ropes had burned her skin, where authority had crushed her dignity, where her fate had been decided without her voice, she walked.
Not fast.
Not slow.
Just… forward.
Her bare feet sank into the floor as she moved down the hallway, each step heavier than the last, as though the house itself was resisting her presence.
The Blake mansion had always been cold, always too large, too quiet, but now it felt hostile, like a living thing that had finally decided she did not belong.
She passed doors she had never opened. Walls lined with paintings she had never truly looked at. Corners she had never dared to explore.
This house had never been hers.
Not the room she slept in.
Not the clothes she wore.
Not even the life she lived within its walls.
Not anymore.
