The pill she procured will take full effect within a week, possibly faster, since the constant torture excessively weakened the target she subjected him to. Sera took this time to gather her thoughts and wait for the Argenthals and the church's next moves. Her father had formally requested a motion for her release as the maid's assassination proved that she had no part in the saintess' poisoning.
Sera was starting to get bored as she was still forbidden to leave the estate with nothing else to do but sleep, eat, read, and have afternoon teas. She wanted to have a word with Alec, but even he was sent away by her father for errands.
As she slumped on the couch inside her study, the door creaked open, and Charlotte greeted Sera with a wide smile.
"Miss, you have a guest."
"A guest?" Sera wondered who it would be this time. She didn't expect anyone to visit her.
A familiar woman stepped forward and lowered the hood of her dark robes.
